Drive not showing up / A device which does not exist was specified


tomgoughh

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Just wondering if anyone can help at all. A while ago I upgraded to windows 11 and after a little while of using it I started having an issue that one of my drives kept popping up with an error whenever I tried to access anything in it saying 'a device which does not exist was specified' I could still see all of the folders in the drive and it was still there but I couldn't access anything. At the time I put it down to a faulty drive so I got the drive replaced and it carried on happening. Then I got a new motherboard and deicded to do a fresh install of Windows 10 instead and it was all working fine.
A few days ago I decided to re install Windows 11 as I much prefer the look of it etc. but yesterday I started getting the same issue that the device wasn't recognised. When I started my computer this morning the drive wasn't even showing up in the list so I've gone back to windows 10 and it's appeared straight away.
Obviously I would rather use windows 11 if I can but with this error I literally cannot upgrade to it.
Does anyone have any idea what it could be?
Thanks
Tom
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
It could be a faulty connection, try re-seating connectors, if it is an external drive, try another cable, good luck!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro
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