No BSOD for 4 days so apparently the uninstall fix worked.

I did the driver uninstall and rebooted the computer successfully. The BSOD was a random problem so it will be several days before we know if the uninstall was an effective solution. Thanks for the...

"uninstall them without checking the remove drivers box"

Are you referring to the "Delete the driver software for this device." box?

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Way 1. Remove the IRST Drivers



Press Windows key and R key together to open Run dialog, then type devmgmt.msc in the box and click OK to continue.
In the Device Manager window, expand the...

Stop Code: DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS OR EQUAL

Been getting this random BSOD (aka auto restart) the past few weeks. Ran Dell's SupportAssist program but it didn't find any update for driver iaStorA.sys...

Thanks for all that info. :thumbsup: Using it, I tried to find a solution to the 0xC1900101 - 0x40021 error but was unsuccessful. I'm going to take your advice and wait for Microsoft to get its act...

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Attempted upgrade from Windows 10 Home version 1909 to 2004. Despite hours of searching, could not find any Microsoft documentation/solution for this error. Computer is Dell XPS8700 PC. ...

That link refers to a problem with a USB device. My SSD is internal and attached via SATA. Don't understand relevance of the link. IMO the SSD drive is not bad. What is bad is Windows 10.

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What’s the Difference Between GPT and MBR When Partitioning a Drive?

The SSD is already GPT, don't see any benefit from spending hours backing up/initializing/restoring and risking data loss to...

If the bug was stated by MS then is there a way to research it and determine its status? Is there a bug and/or update number like KBxxxxx? What does "in the beginning" mean?

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The BIOS doesn't have a Fast Boot option. See picture below.

There is nothing wrong with my SSD. So it would be rather stupid to initialize it and lose 9380 files (224GB) of user data. The only...

Been waiting 3 weeks and still no solution. SSD drive continues to disappear on Restart. Can somebody recommend a Microsoft support forum that has experts who could solve this problem?

Turn On or Off Fast Startup in Windows 10

I turned off fast boot (aka Fast Startup) and that made the problem worse. S: drive vanished from both Restart and PC power up. I turned Fast Startup...

Start button > Power button > Restart = drive letter vanishes.

BUT

Start button > Power button > Shut down > PC power up = drive letter functions normally.

Dell XPS 8500
Processor Intel...

NavyLCDR thanks for the reply. I do in fact have a Macrium Reflect backup of the of the SSD drive so I did a restore and the SSD drive letter S: reappeared in File Explorer. Disk Manager no longer...

Upgraded Windows 10 from 1809 to 1903. After upgrade, my Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB drive (S:) could not be found by File Manager. Disk Manager says "Disk 1 Unknown Not Initialized" so can't even...

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After installing KB4476976 could not connect to Internet or LAN! Had to uninstall the update to recover. Start > Settings > Update & Security > View update history > Uninstall...