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    USB Drives not being recognised after SSD upgrade

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by aldredd, Oct 4, 2012.

  1. aldredd

    aldredd Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, I upgraded the SSD in my 900X3a yesterday to the Crucial M4 256 mSata drive

    Overall, it went fine - except I'm facing 1 big issue (and a 2nd, but could be related)

    Windows is no longer recognising my USB drives or microSD card.
    It lists them in Device Manager, but says :
    I've tried reinstalling the USB drivers (along with several others whilst I was at it) but still not working.

    My wireless USB mouse works fine though, so it's just the mass storage part of it not working.

    Also, anytime I right-click on the C: drive in My Computer, I get a Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library runtime error, and crashes Windows Explorer

    Any tips for fixing either / both issues?

    Thank you
     
  2. aldredd

    aldredd Notebook Enthusiast

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    doh - always the way - figure it out 2 mins after posting for help!

    Turns out it was Acronis True Image doing it!

    Uninstalled it, and everything was fine again
    Hopefully be helpful for others though :D
     
  3. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    I used Acronis to make me a bootable flash drive and run that rather than keeping the program installed.

    John