My computer cannot read my USB Closed

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Hello,
This is different that my computer not being able to read my USB. You see, the option of clicking on an icon representing my USB is not even there. I plug in my USB or external hard drive and they flash their "on" light for a few seconds then go off. No symbol appears for me to click and access my drive. On the tool bar on the lower right hand corner, the Safely Remove Hardware appears there, but I tried going there and clicking stuff but nothing helped. What can I do so my laptop can read USB drives again?

Mwanasoft · Accepted Answer

Hi,

You can try to do the following to see if it is going to work. I have a few suggestion, may be they are going to work, so why don't you try them.

1.
Insert the USB and then restart your machine while the device is connected to your machine, windows will install the device while booting and you might find this in the boot log file.

2.
Open device manager and under universal serial bus controller, expand it and uninstall all the devices under USB Controller, then restart your computer and insert your device and see if it is going to be detected.

Thank you.
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closeup22 · Answer

hi there,

you will have to make an update 

of your chipset

Thanks

Habba babba · Answer

My comp. does the same thing its a bit old and i've been trying to update it but i need the usb drive to function to do so

My computer cannot read my USB

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