If you have faced a BSOD issue on your device and upon accessing the Event Viewer log on your computer you have seen a peculiar error message stating ‘The driver DriverWudfRd failed to load for the device WpdBusEnumRootUMB’, don’t worry. This actually is an issue of the external drive connected to the system by a USB port on your computer. There are some easy resolutions to fix the issue on your computer.

Workaround–

1. At first you can remove all the external devices connected to your computer. Restart your system and check if this works.

Fix 1 – Check for Windows Update

You need to press Windows key+I to access the Settings. After that, click on the “Update & Security“. On the left-hand side you will notice the “Windows Update“. After that, click on “Check for updates“. If any updates are pending on your system, let Windows install it on your computer. The driver DriverWudfRd failed to load for the device xxxx. Information xxxx/xx/xx xx:xx:xx: DriverFrameworks-UserMode 10114 Start UMDF reflector WUDFPf (part of UMDF) did not load yet. After it does, Windows will start the device again. Because the wudfrd.sys file is a Windows Operating System file it is not recommend you download this file from any website. If this file is missing, it is likely other Windows related files are also missing, we suggest re-installing Windows to make sure your issue is correctly resolved. Download wudfrd.sys Windows Driver Foundation - User-mode Driver Framework Reflector version 6.2.9200.16384 64bit. An incompatibility issue was found with apps or drivers using certain versions of aksfridge.sys or aksdf.sys and Windows 10, version 2004 (the Windows 10 May 2020 Update). When an affected version of aksfridge.sys or aksdf.sys is present, Windows 10, version 2004 might fail to install or might fail to start after updating.

Windows delivers essential patches for your system to solve these types of issues.

1. You need to press Windows key+I to access the Settings.

2. After that, click on the “Update & Security“.

4. On the left-hand side you will notice the “Windows Update“.

5. After that, click on “Check for updates“.

If any updates are pending on your system, let Windows install it on your computer.

Fix 2 – Uninstall and reinstall USB controllers

Uninstalling and reinstalling the USB controller will solve this issue on your computer.

1. Press Windows key+X. Then, click on the “Device Manager” to access it.

2. When you have opened the Device Manager on your computer, expand the “Universal Serial Bus controllers” section.

3. After that, right-click on the first driver in that section and then click on the “Uninstall device“.

4. Simply, click on “Uninstall” to finally uninstall the driver.

5. Then, you have to uninstall the remaining USB drivers in the ‘Universal Serial Bus controllers’ section.

The moment you have uninstalled all the USB drivers from your computer, restart your system.

Steps to reinstall the USB drivers

Now you have to install the driver on your computer.

1. After restarting your device, right-click on the “Windows icon” and then click on “Device Manager“.

2. When you have opened the Device Manager, click on the “Action“.

3. After that click on the “Scan for hardware changes“.

This will automatically install the driver or, you may see the installation wizard on your computer. If you see the installation wizard has opened up, follow the on-screen instructions to manually install the USB drivers.

This will fix your problem for sure.

Fix 3 – Automate the WDF service

Automating the Windows Driver Foundation service will help you to solve this issue on your computer.

1. Press the Windows key+R to open up the Run window.

2. After typing this command in the terminal, click on “OK” and Services will appear.

3. Go down through the list of services on your device to find the “Windows Driver Foundation” service.

4. Double click on it.

5. After opening the service, set the ‘Startup type:’ to “Automatic“.

6. In case the service is not yet started, click on the “Start“.

7. Don’t forget to click on the “Apply” and “OK” to save the changes on your computer.

After closing the Services, restart Signal link usb computer radio interface. your PC.

Upon rebooting try to plug in the USB device in any port of your computer. You won’t see the error message again.

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Fix 4 – Turn off HDD hibernation

Some users have claimed that the automated hibernation of HDD on their device is causing this issue.

1. Press Windows key+R keys together.

2. Once the Run window appears, type or paste this code and press Enter.

3. Once you are in the ‘Power Options’ window, expand the section “Hard disk” and then expand “Turn off hard disk after“.

4. Set the ‘Settings(Minutes):” to “0“.*

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[*NOTE– If you are doing this on a laptop, you will notice two variable settings. One is the “Plugged in:” and the other is the “On battery:“. Simply set both the settings to “0“.]

5. Finally, click on “Apply” and then click on “OK” to save this.

Close the Power Options window. Check if the fix works.

Sambit is a Mechanical Engineer By qualification who loves to write about Windows 10 and solutions to weirdest possible problems.

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