Cannot read or write to various Ext HDD's as Windows Explorer Crashes

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  1. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #1

    Cannot read or write to various Ext HDD's as Windows Explorer Crashes


    Hi Guys,

    Low level of technical expertise on my end here.

    Windows explorer keeps crashing whenever I try to read or write from either my Toshiba 1TB Ext HDD or my Kingston 4GB flash drive. Both these drives work perfectly on other computers...

    Please bare with me due to my limited knowledge but I will try my best to follow any advice that anyone can offer!

    Kind regards
    James
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  2. Posts : 7,351
    Windows 7 HP 64
       #2

    Check your disk C. There my be some corrupted files on your disk.
    Open Explorer, right click on drive C, Properties - Tools - Error check - Check now - Start - Schedule disk check
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  3. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Many thanks Megahertz07,

    I went through the procedure you mentioned for my C drive, it took an hour or so, but to no avail unfortunately. I tried my Ext HDD again afterwards and the problem remains!!
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  4. Posts : 7,055
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
       #4

    If this aberrant behaviour started recently, try a system restore to a point before this happened and see whether your drives are back to normal.
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  5. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Hi jumanji, thanks for the reply.

    Unfortunately this is at some point in the last several months, I cannot pinpoint when exactly. Would a system restore still be possible?
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  6. Posts : 7,351
    Windows 7 HP 64
       #6

    Check disk normally takes some minutes. As you said that it took a long time, have a look at the log file.
    Start/Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Event Viewer and open Windows logs in left pane. Double-click "Application". Look for chkdsk in the source column in the right pane for the time chkdsk was run. Double click that row to bring up details.

    If the chkdsk is run on a reboot, as it would for a C drive, the results should be under a “wininit” listing in the source column, rather than under chkdsk.
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  7. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Hi Megahertz07,

    I followed your instructions and here are my results (Attached)! I can't see anything amiss....
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Cannot read or write to various Ext HDD's as Windows Explorer Crashes-untitled.jpg  
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  8. Posts : 7,351
    Windows 7 HP 64
       #8

    Open control panel-Device manager and see if all drivers are OK. If you see a yellow mark a driver is missing.
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  9. Posts : 4,776
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #9

    Will you post a list of installed programs? Reason - there might be an obvious suspect in the list.

    Easy way to export a list of programs:

    Get GeekUninstaller and run it. Then choose File> Export. Upload the exported file and attach it to a post here please.

    Cannot read or write to various Ext HDD's as Windows Explorer Crashes-geek-uninstaller-export-programs.jpg

    Aslo review this post: Explorer.exe keeps crashing

    Note: Windows Error Reporting Service must be enabled and a reboot is required after merging the reg file.
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  10. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Megahetz07:

    Thanks for advice, I cant see anything wrong with the drives from the device manager...I have attached a screenshot.

    Callender:

    Thanks very much for your advice, I have attached the Uninstaller file for your consideration! The HTML file would not upload on the attachments so I have pasted all the info into a .docx file, hope this is ok..
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Cannot read or write to various Ext HDD's as Windows Explorer Crashes-device-manager.jpg  
    Cannot read or write to various Ext HDD's as Windows Explorer Crashes Attached Files
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