When you connect an external drive like an external hard drive, USB stick, memory card, SD card, etc. to your computer, the device will push the driver via the USB port or you can choose to manually install the device driver through an external medium.
After the device driver is successfully installed and loaded, the connection between your PC and the external drive is established, and you can use the device normally.
However, sometimes, you may find that you can’t use the external drive as normal without receiving any error message. In a situation like this, you can go to Device Manager to check the status of the device and find out what the problem is.
If everything is OK, the message in the Device status section is This device is working properly.
However, if there is a problem, you can find an error code in the Device status section in the Windows Device Manager.
Take the following Device Manager code 38 as an example. You can see that the Device status shows you the information on this error:
Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware because a previous instance of the device driver is still in memory. (Code 38)
The driver could not be loaded because a previous version of the driver is still in memory.
Top Reasons for Error Code 38 Windows 10
To help you better understand this Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware code 38 error, we summarize some main causes as follows:
The hard disk is turned off when the computer is idle.
The USB drive is in trouble.
The USB controller driver is not installed correctly.
The USB controller driver is corrupted.
The USB controller driver is outdated.
The USB controller driver has interfered with some third-party programs & services.
And more….
The unable to load DLL/failed to load DLL error always occurs when you launch a program on your Windows computer. When you open a program, the program will call out a certain DLL file to perform the task. However, if the specified DLL file is failed to be loaded, the error in loading DLL issue will occur.
Common Error loading DLL Messages
For different programs, the error messages vary. Here are some common error loading DLL messages:
The dynamic library filename.dll failed to load.
Steam – Fatal Error: Failed to load staemui.dll.
Intel Optane Memory Pinning Unable to Load DLL.
Error loading dumcp.dll. The specified module could not be found.
Error loading D:WINDOWScfdhtc.dll. Access is denied.
And more…
Top Reasons for Failed to Load DLL
Why does the unable to load DLL/failed to load DLL error occur? We summarize these causes as follows:
The DLL file is not in a directory specified in the path.
The referenced DLL file is missing.
The DLL file is damaged due to a hard disk error.
The DLL file is not executable.
The DLL file is not a Windows DLL file.
The DLL file is removed by antivirus software.
Spyware and adware infections.
And more…
When encountering this issue, you will ask: how do I fix unable to load DLL? In the following guides, we will show you how to get rid of this unable to load DLL/failed to load DLL error using different methods.
How to Fix Failed to Load DLL?
Reinstall the program
Disable the auto-startup of the program
Clean the residual registry
Re-register the DLL file
Repair Windows 10
Device Manager error codes often happen in your Windows PC, and the common error is code 43, code 10, etc. In our previous posts, we have discussed them in detail.
Additionally, you may encounter another error – code 37. This will be talked about in this post. When getting the issue, the error message is “Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware.”
What does code 37 mean? This indicates the driver installed for the hardware device has failed in some way. The error applies to any hardware device in Device Manager but it mostly occurs in video cards, USB devices, or CD/DVD drives on Windows 10/8/7.
You may encounter different kinds of network connection issues when using your computer. The connection failed with error 651 is a common issue.
The error 651 can happen on Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, and Windows 7. It always happens when you want to connect your computer to the internet. When this issue happens, you will receive an error window with the alert saying: Error 651: The modem (or other connecting devices) has reported an error.
Why connection failure error 651 occurs? The possible causes are various. Both hardware and software issues can lead to this issue. We have searched for this issue on the internet and colleted some information.
The already known reasons for error 651 include a .SYS file is placed in a wrong location, the modem is set up incorrectly, the registry files are corrupt, an IP address is conflicted with another, and driver issues.
Focusing on these reasons, we collect some solutions to help you get rid of this connection error 651. If you don’t know the real cause of this error, you can try these solutions one by one until finding the proper one.
sually, Windows 10 installation failed in the safe_os phase with an error during different operations, and the error messages are various:
The installation failed in the safe_os phase with an error during migrate_data operation
The installation failed in the safe_os phase with an error during apply_image operation
The installation failed in the safe_os phase with an error during replicate_oc operation
The installation failed in the safe_os phase with an error during install_updates operation
The installation failed in the safe_os phase with an error during prepare_first_boot operation
More…
The reasons for this issue can be older drivers, incorrect system settings, etc. The upgrade stops when the problem occurs. You can exit the setup and go back to the previous version of Windows. Next, start to fix your issue and upgrade or install Windows again.
