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Geordie
Jan 17, 2016Tutor
WNDR3700v2 attached USB drive is lost to Windows 10 following a reboot
After I reboot my pc running Windows 10, it is unable to reconnect to a WD 500GB USB drive attached to my WNDR3700 router, over both wired (Broadcom Netlink Gigabit Ethernet card) and wireless (Broad...
- Jan 25, 2016
Perhaps that particular computer needs reformat?
Try to back up and format.
Geordie
Jan 25, 2016Tutor
I have done a full sweep of the system using ZoneAlarm with nothing found. Since the tablet works okay, I know it is not a fundamental problem with Windows 10. I read some other threads about a similar issue with Windows 8, but did not find a solution there.
Geordie
doraemon
Jan 25, 2016Prodigy
Perhaps that particular computer needs reformat?
Try to back up and format.
- GeordieJan 25, 2016Tutor
Do you mean reformat the drives, or reinstall Windows 10?
- doraemonJan 25, 2016Prodigy
It could be both.
Since the other Windows 10 doesn't have any problems at all.
But then again that's a tablet they're both different.
- GeordieJan 26, 2016Tutor
Okay, so I backed up everything, formatted C: and the installed Win10 from scratch. Currently everything is looking good, and I have even fixed some "Unknown USB device issues". Now all I have to do is reinstall/rebuild everything, which should keep me busy for a few days and certainly stress test the system.
Thanks for the help
Geordie