Re: USB Drive Blue Screen Partmgr.sys

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Sorry, I missed the mention in the subject. I don't know the solution. I
found some other reports of this problem, like the one below, which indicate
that it was introduced with SP1.
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=619530

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"Peter A" <jpyepsa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I forgot to mention it in the message text, although I included it in the
subject line, that the BSOD mentions "Partmgr.sys" as the "culprit". This
surely is an essential fact.
Have you checked for driver updates for your computer? << Well, no, but
drivers for what? The disk? The USB bus? Other? I thought Vista was
pretty good at keeping itself up to date on that front. What I have
wondered is whether there is an intermediate level of driver involved
i.e. for the external disk housing??
For information, in addition to a couple of communciation devices (Blue
Tooth dongle and WiFi transponder) connected to USB ports, there is also
another external storage device, namely a card reader, which also works
perfectly well.
To repeat, Partmgr.sys would appear to be the essential player (that's why
I tried deleting the partition on the Maxtor disk and recreating it).

Peter

"GTS" <x> wrote in message news:ORAMYZMTJHA.1332@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Crashing the system with a BSOD is not a common problem. Issues with
drive recognition are far more common. What is the error shown on the
blue screen? Are you able to use a different USB device on your port
(e.g. a thumb drive)? Have you checked for driver updates for your
computer? Do you have a lot of USB devices connected? If so try with
all others disconnected to see if there may be a power issue or device
conflict.
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"Peter A" <jpyepsa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I know there are threads around on this and similar topics, but they
don't help me and I should like to at least identify where a solution
should be coming from.
I have an external disk housing (Canyon) that connects an IDE disk to a
USB port. As soon as I switch the thing on, the system crashes with a
blue screen within a couple of seconds. Connected internally to the IDE
interface the disk works fine. I have tried with two different disks (WD
and Maxtor) - both give the same result. I have tried deleting and
recreating the partition on the Maxtor, with no effect. The external
disk configuration worked perfectly well under my old XP system.

Those are the basic facts. My first question is, is this a known issue?
(Judging by my searches on the internet, it is.) And secondly, of
course, is this recognised as a Vista problem and can a solution be
expected?
Naturally, if someone can tell me there is already a solution somewhere
I shall be happy. But otherwise it would be for me a step forward just
to know that the problem is recognised by "the powers that be".

Thanks

Peter
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