WDFME.exe Process Keeps Running

Hi,

This drive has locked up my computer repeatedly. It doesn’t respond to a control-alt-delete so I can’t even identify which process is causing all the problems. I have to power off the entire computer because it won’t even close down properly sometimes.

Even worst it now takes over 20 minutes boot. They system simply seems to stop in the middle of a boot and then wait (no hard drive activity). This is without the drive attached.

How do you go about uninstalling this lousy program? Or updating it to something that doesn’t crash?

I can’t find wdfme.exe in my process list at the moment.

I can’t find Smartware in my list of installed programs. What name does it hide under?

I did update the firmware on the dirve to the latest version… but the system still locks up even when the drive is not inserted… so that’s not to helpful.

Any help much appreciated.

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