I have a piece of software that I MUST use to make flash cards for some equipment. The flash cards are essentially the equipment's hard drive and they have a mix of Linux and Windows partitions. Here is the problem I'm having...
I have a flash card reader made by Onn that takes CF, SC or MicroSD cards. We only use the CF part. It has never been an issue. The software finds the card, reads and writes as it needs to, no problem. The issue with the Onn card reader is that it is cheap, and I have constant issues with the micro USB connector failing. So, I wanted to get a better quality card reader/writer. I bought a Platinum PT-CRDAC1 from BestBuy. It has a USBC connector and the device is much better quality overall. However, it doesn't work with the special software that I HAVE to use. The software basically says it can't connect and that there are probably too many USB devices connected. The Platinum card reader has exactly the same setup as the Onn card reader - CF slot, SD slot, and microSD slot. Both cards use the same driver. Both cards report the same volumes when running "Diskpart list Volumes". The only difference I can find is the name of the USB device listed in Device Manager and the number of devices listed. For the Onn device, it shows only one USB device, and the name of it is "USB Mass Storage Device USB Device". For the Platinum device (the one that doesn't work with the software) Device Manager list 3 USB storage devices and the name given them is "Generic MassStorageClass USB Device".
Any ideas how to fix this?
UPDATE:
So, I bought another Onn flash card reader/writer. Fortunately, this one is better quality. This one also works. The driver still shows the name "Generic MassStorageClass USB Device" for the device like it does for the Platinum card reader. However, device manager still only shows one device rather than three like it does for the Platinum. Is this a firmware issue in the Platimum device?