- Oct 20, 2011
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Oof. I'm going to try to not express my exasperation with this situation in my writing.
Long story short:
Computer: Lenovo y510p, upgraded to an SSD in place of the SSHD last night, reinstalled Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, it's running like a DREAM exceeeept...
I cannot for the life of me get the USB Mass Storage Device driver to install (always listed as "failed" in Windows update, and installing driver from Lenovo's driver page doesn't work either). Thus, I cannot get my external hard drive to show up at all. Said external hard drive (USB 3.0 enclosure around a 1.5TB HDD) will show up easily on my work Mac, but the little yellow caution symbol popping up next to USB Mass Storage Device under Device Manager is making my head ache with frustration.
Here's what I've tried:
-Uninstalling ALL Universal Serial Bus Controllers, restarting, reinstalling
-installing driver from Lenovo website product page http://
-Uninstalling all USB controllers and having Windows Update try to install them (Mass Storage is the only one that ever fails, and it ALWAYS FAILS).
-Smashing with a hammer (just kidding...not yet, anyway!)
Any ideas? I've trolled the webs a bit to no avail...it's seriously the dumbest problem I've encountered in a while. Since when do drivers just NOT install properly when they are specifically designed for the product you are installing them to? Is it possible that this driver is somehow conflicting with my SSD (which is an OCZ Vertex 450 Sata III)? I don't know how that would even work, but I guess it's worth asking.
Help?
Long story short:
Computer: Lenovo y510p, upgraded to an SSD in place of the SSHD last night, reinstalled Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, it's running like a DREAM exceeeept...
I cannot for the life of me get the USB Mass Storage Device driver to install (always listed as "failed" in Windows update, and installing driver from Lenovo's driver page doesn't work either). Thus, I cannot get my external hard drive to show up at all. Said external hard drive (USB 3.0 enclosure around a 1.5TB HDD) will show up easily on my work Mac, but the little yellow caution symbol popping up next to USB Mass Storage Device under Device Manager is making my head ache with frustration.
Here's what I've tried:
-Uninstalling ALL Universal Serial Bus Controllers, restarting, reinstalling
-installing driver from Lenovo website product page http://
-Uninstalling all USB controllers and having Windows Update try to install them (Mass Storage is the only one that ever fails, and it ALWAYS FAILS).
-Smashing with a hammer (just kidding...not yet, anyway!)
Any ideas? I've trolled the webs a bit to no avail...it's seriously the dumbest problem I've encountered in a while. Since when do drivers just NOT install properly when they are specifically designed for the product you are installing them to? Is it possible that this driver is somehow conflicting with my SSD (which is an OCZ Vertex 450 Sata III)? I don't know how that would even work, but I guess it's worth asking.
Help?
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