Windows 10: Windows To Go and SD Card Drivers

Hello,

For a specific use case irrespective of performance limitations, I'm attempting to boot Windows To Go from an SD card in my Dell XPS 15 9550, since I'm ordinarily a Linux user. I was able to create the media twice, once using PowerShell and once using a utility. In either case, while my laptop was able to "boot" from the SD card using either UEFI or Legacy, there seems to be a limitation w/ regard to SD card driver support. I found that the installed system works perfectly well when read through a USB card reader, but attempting to boot via the builtin SD reader crashes to a "BOOT_DEVICE_INACCESSIBLE" BSOD. In addition, I had to install a driver package from Dell to even enable the integrated SD reader, as it was otherwise not working when I tested it while running from USB. While I imagine it's far easier to stick with USB, I wanted to see how far I could get with what I'm planning. Is there a way or a specific setup I need to enable SD support early enough in the boot process with the right driver to get it to boot successfully via SD?

Thanks for reading. Hopefully my question makes sense, and I imagine there's something silly I'm missing.

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SD card failure

Hi Andrew,

I would need to ask few questions so I can isolate your concern properly. Kindly answer the following:

• Did you get a specific error message?
• What are the troubleshooting steps you have done so far?
• What's the current build of your computer? Press Windows key + R and then type winver.
• Did you try to run a full system scan using your anti-virus? Can you tell us the result?
• Does your SD card has a write protection?

Meanwhile, you may try these troubleshooting steps:

Step 1: Run the Hardware and Devices troubleshooter. Open Settings> Update & Security> Troubleshoot> Hardware and Devices> Run the troubleshooter.

Step 2: Check SD Card in Disk Management.

1. Open Disk Management.
2. Your SD card will appear as a removable disk.
3. Check if it has a drive letter.
4. If it does not show anything, right click the SD card and then select “Change Drive Letter and Paths”.
5. Click “Add” and select a drive letter, then click “OK”.

Step 3: Update SD card driver.

1. Open Device manager.
2. Find your SD card and right click it.
3. Select Properties.
4. Click the driver tab and then select Update Driver.

Note: You may need to use a keyboard and mouse to connect to your laptop to perform the said steps if it does not allow on tablet mode.

 

SD card/SD card reader no longer working

Bradleyb, in your Device Manager do you have anything listed in Storage Controllers? I get an entry for MMC/SD. I just checked a 1GB SD card and a 4GB SDHC card, both worked in File Explorer to show their contents.




Side note: A caveat for such cards is that if they are to be used in a camera they need to be formatted in the camera, not in Windows.

 

SD card/SD card reader no longer working

Hi. New to this so not sure of category.
I have a Lenovo G70. Windows 10, 64bit
My SD card reader has stopped working.
In Device Manager, the SD card is not listed.
I can't format the card as it is not listed.
I cannot locate the card at all as it is not listed anywhere.
I've tried chkdsk and get 'Cannot open volume for direct access'
I don't even have the icon displaying when micro SD card is inserted.
It did work previously but I had errors. Scanning and fixing did not help.
I place the SD card in my Android phone and it works fine.
Please help!
Thank you for any assistance.