Windows 10: Windows 10 May 2019 update corrupted USB SATA drive

I need help figuring this out, please. When I turned on my laptop and turned on my external SATA drive (connected through a docking station), it has now turned to a RAW drive. The drive is healthy but it looks like the file system has been corrupted on it and now I have over 3GB of data, photography files, mostly, that i can't access.


This is not the first time I encounter this issue. Last year, from about March to October 2018, this happened several times. I lost 4 or 5 hard drives this way. I tried everything to resolve the issue: I got new docking stations, made sure I was completely up to date, ran every virus scan and malware scan I could find. Eventually, I ended up restoring my laptop to factory reset and starting all over again, hoping this would clear out whatever was causing the issue. All of that to no avail. The problem continued to occur. The timing seemed to be random and nearly impossible to predict. I had found that other people had similar problems on various forums, but there was no solution. Many comments suggested that it was a Windows problem.


Then, in October, there was a major Windows update. My problem was solved. No problem after that! I thought I was in the clear, until today.


Come the May 2019 Windows update, and this morning, the problem appears again. I'm at my wits ends!


The problem last year seemed to be with Windows not ejecting the drive. I would try to eject from the bottom eject icon on the task bar, but it would tell me that the drive was still in use, even with all applications closed. No matter how long I would wait, sometimes I waited overnight, and still it would not eject. At that point, I would turn Windows off with the drive still active, hoping that it would eject it during the shut down process. Sometimes it was okay, and then sometimes it just corrupted the drive.


I have a back up copy, so it is not a total disaster. I wasn't so well prepared last year and I spent a lot of time carving data off my drives on another laptop. But I can't plug that back up drive in my laptop and risk frying that drive too. So I'm stuck until I have resolved the problem.


Has anyone else experienced this issue? and any ideas on how to resolve it.


My computer set up:

Dell XPS-15

Intel i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60 GHz

16.0 GB Ram

64 bit

Windows 10 Home Version1809 OS Build 17763.503


I run one external USB docking station BlacX, plugged directly in the laptop USB port.

The hard drive that got corrupted today is a WD Red SATA 4.0GB


Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Office 2019

Only supported on Win10. Sorry, 8.1 users, only 4 years old, gotta go.

Microsoft Office 2019 will only work on Windows 10

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...-to-office-and-windows-servicing-and-support/

Spoiler Office 2019
Last year at Ignite, we announced Office 2019 – the next perpetual version of Office that includes apps (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and Skype for Business) and servers (including Exchange, SharePoint, and Skype for Business). Today we’re pleased to share the following updates:

• Office 2019 will ship in H2 of 2018. Previews of the new apps and servers will start shipping in the second quarter of 2018.
• Office 2019 apps will be supported on:
  • Any supported Windows 10 SAC release
  • Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2018
  • The next LTSC release of Windows Server
• The Office 2019 client apps will be released with Click-to-Run installation technology only. We will not provide MSI as a deployment methodology for Office 2019 clients. We will continue to provide MSI for Office Server products.

 

Is it time for Windows 10 already?

Here's a good step by step guide on doing a fresh install.

How to clean install Windows 10 from a USB drive - Software - Feature - HEXUS.net

 

Windows 10 USB boot

Hi there, am not a windows 10 expert. I have a pc in the bedroom on windows 10, I messed up the bootloader trying to fix the xp on that system.

System wont boot, trying to repair via win 10 usb installer.

Downloaded the media creation tool to install windows 10 installer on usb stick. Not compatible with a host of usb sticks I have. Tried the usb sticks that others use, but I think they use rufus; as the media creation tool by win 10 does not detect the usb stick.

So quick question, the win10 machine i am trying to repair the bootloader is a win7 upgraded to win10.
If i were to use the usb win10 installer to "repair installation" does the version of the iso downloaded via the media creation tool matter?

There is three options:
Windows 10
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 N

Also is there a step by step instead of using rufus as I want to try an alternative method of creating a usb win 10 installer. Preferably with more compatibility.

System is a asus sabertooth 990 (r2?) with AMD phenom X 6.

Also is there any other software I can load onto the usb that can repair the bootloader easily?
That would be the ideal alternative. Thanks