RE: usb mass storage device code 10

Hi,

I got it to work... I was moving to a new apt the prev. day, and the move
possibly jogged some connection in the external drive. I just removed the HDD
from the external case & put it back in again. It worked.

Hope this helps..
Mridul.

"edrocker" wrote:

> I am having ths same problem. I have a Western Digital External USB Hard
> Drive. Running XP SP2 on a P4 2.53 GHz CPU, Intel MB with 1G RAM. The drive
> was fine and I'm not sure when the problem started. When connecting, it
> originally showed up in my Device Manger as another Hard Drive, but upon
> rebooting, it shows up as a USB Mass Storage Device with the little yellow
> marker and a Code 10 saying it is unable to start. According to WD, it
> should be Plug and Play and XP should recognize the drive, which it did when
> I first installed it over a year ago. I've tried everything, including
> connecting it to another XP SP2 computer, but get the same message. Any
> ideas out there? Thanks.
>
> "Mridul" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > My external HDD was working fine until yesterday. Windows installed a few
> > updates, and now the computer won't boot up if the external HDD is turned on.
> > If I turn it on after booting, in the hardware manager, it shows up with the
> > exclamation point, and a code 10. (The device cannot start).
> >
> > I already have sp2 installed, and have everything pretty much up to date.
> > The usbstor.sys file is dated 7/1/2001.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mridul.
.

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