Cannot use USB External Hard Drive

Anonymous
2019-11-02T13:33:20+00:00

I am using Windows 10 Pro Build 19013.vb_release.191025-1609. Now I cannot use external hard drives.

When plugging external hard drive I can hear the sound of something is connected. But, the drive never displayed in This PC.

Checking Disk Management, the disk is not even there.

Checking Device Manager, one device is malfunction: USB Attached SCSI (UAS) Mass Storage Device.

The device status is:

"

This device cannot start. (Code 10)

{Not Enough Quota}

Not enough virtual memory or paging file quota is available to complete the specified operation.

"

I don't understand this error.

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Anonymous
2019-11-22T00:42:35+00:00

EDIT: This appears to have now been fixed in the following build

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/01/30/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-19555/

It looks like this issue is acknowledged in the 'Known Issues' section of the latest Insider build. 

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2019/11/19/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-19028/

So at least we know Microsoft is aware of the problem and we'll hopefully see it fixed soon. The bad news is, of course, that it's not fixed yet.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-01-29T06:53:45+00:00

    The file in my package was extracted from Windows 10 1909 updated Dec 2019, so was newer than yours.

    This package was a tempoary workaround ofcause. Still waiting for MS fixing, and can not using any utility such as sfc, file will be restored.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-01-28T19:37:13+00:00

    iFish,

    The uaspstor.sys in your zip file is dated 12/4/2019 5:09PM, the MS good one (Ver 10.0.18362.387) that I find in my systems is dated 10/6/2019 5:31PM.

    The files look the same and work fine, but why is the date different ?

    Also be aware that just replacing the file in C:\Windows\system32\Drivers is only a temporary fix.

    The driver must be installed with the correct signature or it will not match the manifest for the different build.

    If you run sfc /scannow it will think the file is corrupted and replace it back with the bad one from the insider build, see screen shot below.

    We need the proper installation package signed by MS to avoid the uaspstor.sys from been reverted back to the bad one.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-28T12:03:41+00:00

    HI guys!

    Cause MS still not fixing this issue after more than three monthes, I wrote a patch to help us fix this issue.

    Very simple.

    1. Download patch form this link (my own server, direct link)
    2. Unzip it
    3. Just run "#install.cmd" with Administrator privileges
    4. After prompt, restart your computer
    5. Issue fixed.

    That's all.

    This patch will revert your uaspstor.sys(ver 10.0.19041.1) to windows 10 1909 version (ver 10.0.18362.387) to fix this code 10 issue.

    • Run '#install.cmd' as Administrator to revert uaspstor.sys
    • Run '#restore.cmd' after revert to restore your original uaspstor.sys

    In case of uaspstor.sys was updated by windows itself, you can run '#remove_backup.cmd' to delete backup and then revert again, if MS still doesn't fix this issue.

    Enjoy it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-01-28T06:10:16+00:00

    It looks like this issue is acknowledged in the 'Known Issues' section of the latest Insider build. 

    https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2019/11/19/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-19028/

    So at least we know Microsoft is aware of the problem and we'll hopefully see it fixed soon. The bad news is, of course, that it's not fixed yet. 

    And it is still mentioned in latest Known Issues https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2020/01/23/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-19551/. Almost three months already. Wow.

    DapidCand, 

    Much longer that 3 months ! 

    The uaspstor.sys (Code 10) bug has been there on every 20H1 Build.

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