I all,
I have a problem on my Windows Vista that began afetr the purchase of an external Hard Disk Freecom.
A few days afetr the purchase I disconnected it while it was writing and, since that moment, every time I connect and disconnect it, the PC go to freeze mode for 5 minutes.
The same thing happen even if the hard disk is disconnected: every time I start windows it go to freeze a little after the password, and every time I connect and disconnect a usb device.
I have looked for the solution everywhere, updated windows, unistalled and installed the hard disk from the device manager but I solved the problem only when I restored a recent backup.
Yesterday the Hard disk was writing a backup while Vista was installing the updates; at the end of the proceure windows restarted automatically and the problem began again!!!
The Pc go to freeze when it starts, every time I connect or disconnect the hard disk, an usb earphone that has always worked switch on but there is no audio and I don't know how many others usb devices will have problems.
Has anyone an idea to solve this problem before I throw out of the window Vista or the the hard disk?
Thank you
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Sounds like indexing have been messed up.

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Let me repeat the important parts:
- the problem remains even when the drive is not connected
- it happens whenever you connect a USB device
- a restored backup does not have the problem
- it happens at start up
- it happens after an update
This eliminates certain things: it can't be the USB port since that would mean the restored backup wouldn't work. It can't be your hard drive because it happens even when it's not connected. Now, what alterations does a USB hard drive do to your system? The answer is: drivers. A restored backup won't have these drivers installed. You see, whenever you connect a USB device to the same USB slot, it will check the appliance ID against the drivers. If you ask me, by removing the drive while writing, you wrecked the drivers. A restored backup would not have the driver as active but the driver would STILL be on your system (restoring a backup does not delete them - they simply won't be active). So after an update, it may well detect these drivers and make them active OR the moment you connect the drive again and reboot, they become active.
In other words: try to find the drivers and delete all trace of them. Uninstalling the driver won't have any effect - these files are stored inside Windows itself usually.

SPAM!

Spam indeed.