Cannot read USB Drive "The Parameter is Incorrect"

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  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 10
       #21

    Works on Win 10 but not on Win 10!


    Just to add to the confusion, I have Win 10 upgrade from 7 on my main PC and have found that my Seagate 2Gb external USB 3 drive is not recognized but if I attach it to my laptop (upgrade from 7 to 10) then it is recognized.

    The only other difference is that the laptop was Win 7 home but the PC was Win 7 Professional.

    Sorry, no more help than that - fries my grey matter.
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  2. Posts : 6
    El Capitan / Win 10
       #22

    Hey all

    Me too ... Same issue:

    Mac Pro 3.1 and El Capitan
    Upgraded from W7 to W10 ... clean W10 installation is not possible, as my Mac is to old, I have to install W7 first all the time.

    After the upgrade to W10 my external 3TB drive 'Intenso Memory Box' was in RAW format with no access to the data anymore.
    OSX is able to read the data, so no lost at all. Anyway, I want my 3TB NTFS drive back

    Bought the same drive again to backup the data ... and than to format the old one.

    But ... same issue from the beginning with the new one ... also not possible to format to NTFS, all the time it's RAW again.

    Shipped it back ... bought another new one, now different manufacturer "WD My Passport Ultra", pre-format now NTFS ... but ... same issue, also started plugging it in for the first time.

    Per dxdiag it says BIOS, what isn't possible as the Mac has EFI

    Could it be a bottcamp driver issue?

    Did someone solved this problem (without fallback to W7 or 8)? ... if yes, how?

    Thx in advanced and Greetz
    Last edited by Masterdid; 23 Dec 2015 at 13:25.
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  3. Posts : 6
    win7/10
       #23

    Hello guys,

    I just registered to share a solution that worked for me. I am on the Macmini mid-2009 boat (core2duo). Boot camp v4 gave me your problems exactly. One of the usb drives (Toshiba Canvio usb3 3TB) is not recognized ("the parameter is incorrect").

    Solution that worked:
    1) While still in windows7 (rollback your installation if your are on win10)
    2) Download boot camp 5.1 (even if it's not compatible with your older mac) and extract the zip
    3) For me, the setup.exe refused to run because I "should" be running boot camp v4
    4) Go to Apple folder and run bootcamp.msi. This will allow the installation of everything
    5) Now install windows 10
    6) "Parameter is incorrect" is gone

    My guess is that something from the updated bootcamp does the trick

    Hope it helps

    jim
    Last edited by jimbeam; 11 Jan 2016 at 16:44.
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  4. Posts : 6
    El Capitan / Win 10
       #24

    Hey Jim,

    thx a lot for your feedback ... unfortunately this is not working for me. I always get the message that this is not the correct software for my hardware ... and if I click on the bootcamp.msi in the Apple folder, I get the message, that I have not enough rights.

    I installed only the intel driver from the 5.1 version, as this is the only folder which mentions the usb drivers ... but with no success ... same issue as before.

    Did you have the same messages? ... if yes, how did you solve it?

    Thx a lot in advanced and best
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  5. Posts : 6
    win7/10
       #25

    Masterdid said:
    Hey Jim,

    thx a lot for your feedback ... unfortunately this is not working for me. I always get the message that this is not the correct software for my hardware ... and if I click on the bootcamp.msi in the Apple folder, I get the message, that I have not enough rights.

    I installed only the intel driver from the 5.1 version, as this is the only folder which mentions the usb drivers ... but with no success ... same issue as before.

    Did you have the same messages? ... if yes, how did you solve it?

    Thx a lot in advanced and best
    Hello!

    Try right clicking the bootcamp.msi and running it "as administrator". This would solve the rights problem. Otherwise, you can open an "elevated" command window and run bootcamp.msi from there.

    Jim
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  6. Posts : 6
    El Capitan / Win 10
       #26

    Hey Jim

    Thx a lot. 'Run as admin' was only possible at the main setup.exe, this wasn't available für the bootcamp.msi.

    I'll try it via the cmd window tomorrow, as I've already upgraded to W10 again for testing it. It takes so long all the time

    I'll post an update after I would have done it.

    Greetz
    Max
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  7. Posts : 6
    win7/10
       #27

    I didn't have a privilege issue but I was an administrator user. I'm pretty sure that I just double clicked the bootcamp.msi file. And the version was 5.1.something, the one before the last. Windows was 7 pro x64.

    Let me know

    Jim
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  8. Posts : 6
    win7/10
       #28

    Also, I had disabled the uac. Maybe that's it. Check here:Why as an admin can I not install a .msi package on Windows Server 2008 R2?
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  9. Posts : 6
    El Capitan / Win 10
       #29

    And again, thank you so much for your efforts Jim!

    I'm also logged in as admin. It worked now via cmd and started as admin, so I was able to install the bootcamp.msi. Unfortunately now it wasn't possible to define the start volume anymore (logged in as admin and uac off) ... than I got the message again, I have not enough rights to do that. Clicking directly on 'start on mac os' leads me back to windows ;-)

    The BCA is for me very necessary to switch between mac os and win, as I have a bios graphics card, which 'disables' the the boot manager.

    Anyway, thx a lot
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  10. Posts : 6
    win7/10
       #30

    Masterdid said:
    And again, thank you so much for your efforts Jim!

    I'm also logged in as admin. It worked now via cmd and started as admin, so I was able to install the bootcamp.msi. Unfortunately now it wasn't possible to define the start volume anymore (logged in as admin and uac off) ... than I got the message again, I have not enough rights to do that. Clicking directly on 'start on mac os' leads me back to windows ;-)

    The BCA is for me very necessary to switch between mac os and win, as I have a bios graphics card, which 'disables' the the boot manager.

    Anyway, thx a lot
    Maybe when you switch to windows10 the functionality will be there for you. I didn't try the BCA when I installed 5.1 in win7 but it worked in windows10. I mean, it works in windows10.
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