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How to fix semaphore timeout period has expired

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Mar 15, 202653060 views
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I bough a new hard drive and I'm attempting to copy stuff off the old hard drive to the new one. I tried it using Windows Vista and Windows 7 but no go. Then I tried installing some 3rd party updated drivers that were supposed to fix the problem now my Windows Vista disk won't boot. Has anyone had …

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I had the same problem in Windows 10. I uninstalled all USB drivers from Device Manager and then rebooted. Windows 10 automatically does a fresh install of the drivers. From what Ive learnt, its a USB3.0 specific problem.

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