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New W7-64 install does not recognize all USB devices
This is quite an interesting problem. I just re-installed Win7 on a new SSD and some of my USB sticks are not recognized. When I stick them in, I hear the sound that Windows makes that says I have inserted a USB device. However, there is no sign of the device in either Win Explorer or Disk Manager. I have some USB sticks that work just fine. In addition, I have a second SSD that has my old Win7 installation. That is, I have two SSD drives - the old install and the brand new install. When I boot into the old one, all my USB sticks work just fine. They also work just fine in my wife's laptop.
I have re-installed the USB drivers, but no change. I looked at device manager and there are 30 or 40 lines with a yellow ! They are under the heading: Other Devices and each line says, "Base System Device".
I uninstalled each one, rebooted, and they all came back. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with my problem, but I assume that it does - I'm just not sure how to fix this.
Any ideas?