
Method 1: Update/Reinstall the USB Mass Storage Device Driver.
#FIX USB MASS STORAGE DEVICE DRIVER HOW TO#
How to fix an USB mass storage device problem? Hard disk drives (HDDs), universal serial bus (USB) drives, external compact disc (CD) drives and every other type of mass storage device requires some type of driver to work. What is an USB mass storage device driver?Ī mass storage driver is a type of software designed to allow a computer to interact with an internal or remote storage device.

Click on “File” and then “Save” at the top left side of the registry editor. Change “Value” to “3” (without quotes) and click “OK” to finish enabling the USB mass storage drivers. Double-click the “Start” file in the right panel. Once the OS is installed, then install that LAN driver. Primarily, find the LAN driver for your motherboard. You can’t install the drivers without an OS. How do I install drivers without operating system? To find files, scroll to “Storage devices” and tap your USB storage device.Tap the storage device you want to open.On your Android device, open Files by Google.Connect a USB storage device to your Android device.

Serial or “COM” ports are another USB class that has standard drivers in most operating systems.

So any USB flash drive or hard drive will use this built in “USB mass storage driver” and you don’t have to install a driver for any USB storage devices, typically. What is the difference between mass storage and COM port?
