Unknown USB device (device descriptor failed)

[mobiuus]

So a couple of weeks ago i noticed when i shut down pc the light on my external usb hdd keeps blinking like there is still some data trasfer going on
So i disconnected the usb cable(while pc being off) and connectect back again.
But since then every time i boot the system, upon entering windows now it keeps getting disabled.
Control panel shows the above message with code 43, hdd lights blink like crazy
If i uninstall the device nothing happens and it stays disabled, restart wont help ONLY if i disconnect/reconnect while in windows the hard drive appears again and is usable.
I tryed to cold boot the hard drive on a laptop and is booting fine everything works so i think it's not the drive itself but probably win registry part for this usb hdd is corrupted.
i found the device in windows registry but it says access denied
i tryed full format and changing letters/names of the drive but the issue persist

any help?

 

[DrCR]

Fast blink? Interesting.
Via booting from a Linux thumb drive e.g. SystemRescueCD or frankly whatever distro, you could try writing over the first 1GB with zeros via dd and resetting it up as a GPT drive via gdisk, or cgdisk iirc instead if you’re not all that familiar with Linux. There’s guides out there. My GPT/EFI foo isn’t high enough to know if you can manually set a different UUID (or if that’s even a thing for WinOS land), but you could explore and see if that may be a way to make WinOS see it as a fresh, different drive if WinOS configurations for the drive it currently sees are a concern.

Note that the issue may not be the drive per se, but the enclosure. OWC’s more pro stuff and Oyen Digital are the only ones I trust for external enclosures. Saving $$$ for (way) cheaper stuff isn’t worth it for me with what I’ve experienced unless it’s expendable.

Just some off the cuff thoughts. Hope it helps.

 

[thewan]

Does the external usb hdd case work fine on your laptop? Device descriptor failed is usually a sign that the USB controller on the device is dead. Just buy a new USB HDD case. They are dirt cheap even for USB 3.2 GEN 2 10GBPS to SATA cases.