Strange USB device issue

Hi Guys,

I will reply to the above in sequence.

maxseven - I downloaded and ran DriveCleanUp taking the option to remove, but no change to the issue.

pooch - I created an elevated CMD window and entered the commands as you said. The safely Remove Hardware window appeared and contained the USB memory stick I had plugged in. However when I tried to stop it and other hardware I tried I received a message saying "The XXX USB Device is not removable and cannot be ejected or unplugged"

Britton30 - I checked the UPnP Device Host and it was started but designated Manual, so I changed it to Automatic.

Unfortunately still no change. After each of the above I rebooted the system.

Regards
Mervyn

I am now thinking, as you suggest, the only option is to do a re-install. I will carry out a repair install first and if all else fails start again from scratch! (Oh bliss lol).

Thanks again for trying to resolve this.

Regards
Mervyn

pooch,

I'm sure that AHCI is not running. That would have involved selecting that as an install option wouldn't it?

Regards
Mervyn

The only thing with regard to the AHCI is that this system has been running unchanged for over 3 years and I only had this issue with the USB device recognition for the last couple of weeks, something must have changed but I'm sure I don't know what.

I will carry out a repair install over this week and report back how it goes.

Regards
Mervyn