Problems USB3 HDD

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paulkruger

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I have several USB external drives I use for backups.

For some reason they all are behaving erratically or not at all on Win7 but working fine on W10

I reformatted one with MiniTool on the W10 machine but if I plug into W7 it just clicks as if it is bad drive.
I with it connected the MinTool refuses to launch. I disconnect the drive and MT loads fine.

Move drive back to W10 all is well.

This is the drive I have always used for saving diskimage of my W7 machine.

Why would my W7 machine all of a sudden have problems accepting USB drives. 3.0 or 2.0

Thanks
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Various including DIY
OS
Wind7 64 x 3 | Win Vista 32 | Ubunto
CPU
AMD 4 core | Intel i7 2600 4 core | and some others
Memory
16 GB where possible
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 740 2GB | Nvidia 730 4GB
Monitor(s) Displays
20" x 2 on both main. (Dual monitors DVI )
Hard Drives
LOTS OF THEM!
Keyboard
QWERTY
Mouse
Yes
Internet Speed
80GB down 10GB up
Browser
Firefox,Chromium,Opera,Safari, IE(ugh)
Lets do the basic on your Win 7
Open a CMD window as administrator and type:
chkdsk c: /f
It will say your disk is in use and ask if you want to schedule to next start = yes
Restart
Pay attention on the results, specially bad blocks, bad clusters, bad sectors etc

Back to Windows, open a CMD window as administrator and type:
sfc /scannow
If it finds any corrupted file, reboot and run again.

Open Device Manager. Is there any yellow alert of missing driver?
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
    custom build
    OS
    Windows 7 HP 64
    CPU
    i5 6600K - 800MHz to 4200MHz
    Motherboard
    GA-Z170-HD3P
    Memory
    4+4G GSkill DDR4 3000
    Graphics Card(s)
    IG - Intel 530
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 226BW
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    (1) -1 SM951 – 128GB M.2 AHCI PCIe SSD drive for Windows 7 and Lubuntu
    (2) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for Data
    (3) -1 WD SATA 3 - 1T for backup
    PSU
    Thermaltake 450W TR2 gold
    Keyboard
    Old and good Chicony mechanical keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech mX performance - 9 buttons (had to disable some)
    Internet Speed
    500Mb/s
    Browser
    Firefox 64
    Other Info
    TinyWall firewall
  • Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model Number
    Asus Q550LF
    OS
    Windows 7 Pro
    CPU
    i7-4500U 800MHz to 3.0GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Q550LF
    Memory
    (4+4)G DDR3 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    IG intel 4400 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG Display LP156WF4-SPH1
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    BX500 120G SSD for Windows and programs +
    1T HDD for data
    Internet Speed
    500 Mb/s
    Browser
    Firefox
    Other Info
    TinyWall firewall
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