usb issues

On my sony VAIO duo 11 windows 8, I have a virus that makes everything a "shortcut" especially on my flash drives. The problem is, I want to reinstall windows from the recovery partition that's on the HDD. However, every time I try to copy the recovery partition onto a flash drive, it copies...

After upgrading(?) to Windows 8.1, I now have more partitions on my hard drive. Can anyone tell me which ones are needed? The upgrade has caused other problems, mainly that I can't use my Microsoft Office Click-to-Run USB. I have a Gateway DX 4870 that came with Windows 8, and a Gateway...

SYSTEM: Core-i5 3470 - 8Gb Crucial 1333Mhz - XFX Pro Core PSU - Gigabyte H77 board - Samsung 840 SSD Hi Ive recently been having problems on my PC which started when I ran a program called DSL Stats alongside Avast Internet Security that had replaced Norton Internet Security (uninstalled, then...

Hi all, This is my first post. Please excuse any failings therefore. Recently, over the last three days, I have been experiencing random BSOD's, atleast once a day. I have not added any new hardware or any new software that I am aware of apart from Windows Updates. I an running Driver...

I cant say I've ever actually seen my BSOD, but Windows claims to be recovering from one. This has been going on for the last 4 months. This computer was built in 2011 mid year. I've been assuming that this is a video card issue due to it only happening when the graphics card is "intensely" in...

I got a new Lenovo i5 laptop with W8 preinstalled (no accompanying dvd) I a few days I have been experiencing several problems. 1) I couldn't partition the 1Tgb disk to 150 GB (only OS), using automatic utilities coming with the laptop. All I achieved was to get two partitions of 500...

Hello For the last couple of months my laptop has been freezing, by this i mean i cant do anything and i have to restart the computer using the power button. Recently it has got worse and worse to the point where it freezes on the windows screen meaning i cant even access my desktop at times...

Hello guys. So this is what happened: I had a new external HDD WD My Book Essential USB 3.0 (2TB) 6 month ago. All was good until two days ago. I rebooted my computer and I won't boot up. After disconnecting WD HDD it work perfectly But after I turned my PC off, and tried to turn it on...

BSOD happens frequently either during high load (gameing, video editing etc...) or when a USB device is plugged in. I'm about to buy a new mobo because of this.... thoughts? Ram has been stress tested in another computer and passes fine. but fails on mine. (memtest86+) -AMD Phenom II X6 1090T...

Hey, people of Windows 7 Forums. :) I wasn't really sure where to post this question, but basically, I've had a Gateway desktop for about a month now. I've had no problems with it until today. I put the computer on sleep for a couple hours, woke it up, it said I had 11 updates...I shut down the...

Hi. I'm hoping someone can help as I've spent many evenings on this problem and getting nowhere! When attaching a flash drive: 1. The autoplay pop up doesn't appear; 2. The device does light up initially; 3. The device doesn't show up in "Computer" 4. The device doesn't show up in Disk...

Does anyone know how to import pata 2.5 samsung hm160hc w/ Mac OS X data on usb to windows 7? I'm trying to use the Dynexprods drive enclosure and Win7 won't recognize drive...Cause its from a Mac OS X? or what? Thx, PHD

I have a strange problem that is just occurred about a week before, my problem is I have a domain name and every computer (almost 50) and users are listed in active directory. About a week before when i tried to attach usb on one of the laptop (having windows 7 ultimate attached with...

I have files backed up on a WD My Book external hard drive from my XP computer. When I plug in the USB in my new HP Touchsmart, it opens the jump drive, but says the folder is empty. I also have files on my PNY jump drive from the XP and another Vista computer. It opens the...

Hi, its been a long time since i last posted about my bsod and after i fixed them i began to get more of these. the only way i can replicate the problem is when i move or copy+paste files in the computer, mostly if it is from my computer to a external hardrive or usb... i attached the latest...

Recently I need to "disable drivers signature enforcement" otherwise the network adapter, sound adapter and USB adapters do not work. I would like them to work normally. I have installed the latest drivers from Biostar for the G41-M7 mobo. No change. I have tried to go to to a previous...

I uninstalled a couple of toolbars for Firefox the other day using the Uninstaller in Advanced System Care 5. I think it was the Power Clean utility which has caused the problem. Now I cant access any of my folders or shortcuts on my desktop or in the Start Menu (Control Panel, My Computer...

I started getting BSODs while playing MW3 yesterday and I'm stumped. I formatted yesterday and the problem persists so I think it's hardware related, although I hope not. Specs and info: i5 750 @ 4GHz 4GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz ATI 5850 80GB SSD 1TB Storage Logitech keyboard G500 mouse Windows 7 64bit...

Hi there, I recently received my new rig (Alienware M14X), and have had persistent problems with it. The main issue is that I get a BSOD every time I plug out the USB 2.0 cable running from my laptop to my Dell monitor, or sometimes when shutting the machine down. I've tracked the error...

Hi, The external harddrive that I have been doing back-ups to with the Win 7 back-up utility has failed and no longer functions. I want to back-up to a different drive but Win Back-up seems to be fixated on the old drive that no longer exists (I pulled the USB cord). The "Mange space" link is...