Do you hear the USB hardware installation tones from windows when you plug in the the drive? If so then you are know the USB port is working. If you do not..try other USB ports. If you hear the noise...Right click on My Computer and click on Manage. Click on Storage and then Disk Management...see if you are having a conflict of drive mappings (i.e. F:/ or E:/)..you can relable the drive letters by right clicking on the drive in the right pane and selecting Change Drive Letter.
Check hardware manager and see if you need any drivers. If the proper drivers are not installed USB may not work properly. There are generic I/O drivers that may work for Keyboard and mouse, but other hardware may have issues...check the vendor for upgrades and MS for patch updates and OS may be the issue too.Check hardware manager and see if you need any drivers. If the proper drivers are not installed USB may not work properly. There are generic I/O drivers that may work for Keyboard and mouse, but other hardware may have issues...check the vendor for upgrades and MS for patch updates and OS may be the issue too.
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Do you hear the USB hardware installation tones from windows when you plug in the the drive? If so then you are know the USB port is working. If you do not..try other USB ports. If you hear the noise...Right click on My Computer and click on Manage. Click on Storage and then Disk Management...see if you are having a conflict of drive mappings (i.e. F:/ or E:/)..you can relable the drive letters by right clicking on the drive in the right pane and selecting Change Drive Letter.
Check hardware manager and see if you need any drivers. If the proper drivers are not installed USB may not work properly. There are generic I/O drivers that may work for Keyboard and mouse, but other hardware may have issues...check the vendor for upgrades and MS for patch updates and OS may be the issue too.