Basically any storage device I plug into my USB ports ends up crashing my laptop. I go into device manager and it will say External HDD under Universal Serial Bus Controllers then I click uninstall (because after the laptop restarts I can keep the external HD plugged in but it wont show up on my computer) then I unplug it and replug it and it crashes again I've tried updating all of my intel chipsets and as many drivers I can think of if anyone can help me it'd be greatly appreciated.
I would, but I have important files on here that I would move onto my External HD, but I can't since my External HD won't connect to this... Is there an easier way to update all of those drivers other than googling every single one then replacing the .sys file in system32\drivers\ folder?
That's not how to do it. You have to install using the device manager from the .inf or by running the .exe that installs. Yep, you have to Google.
For clean - You can clean install to where Windows is now and it will put everything existing there into Windows.old folder. You can go through it for anything you'd like to keep, once back at desktop. Boot to the DVD to do this.
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
Case
Cybertronpc, it glows blue
Cooling
stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
Internet Speed
1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info
SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
Trying this tutorial looks promising... will edit this post when done.
Tutorial:
" For certain devices after installing the drivers from the accompanying CD, all USB ports on the computer stop working. To get the USB ports working, use the below steps:
Note the install location on the computer where the drivers were installed from the CD
del %systemdrive%\windows\syswow64\drivers\swmsflt.sys
del %systemdrive%\windows\system32\swmsflt.sys
Search for swmsflt64.sys in the install location (dir /s swmsflt64.sys) and note the location
Copy swmsflt64.sys from the above location in step (4) to %systemdrive%\windows\system32\drivers\
Rename swmsflt64.sys to swmsflt.sys in %systemdrive%\windows\system32\drivers\
