Western Digital Passport not recognized by Asus laptop

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Natnat1 Posts 1 Registration date Wednesday March 30, 2016 Status Member Last seen March 30, 2016 - Mar 30, 2016 at 09:59 PM
Boogieman_WD Posts 275 Registration date Friday October 10, 2014 Status Member Last seen October 19, 2016   - Mar 31, 2016 at 08:51 AM
Hello,
my western digital passport external drive storage is not detected by Asus laptop. it works fine on my dell but trying to use it with Asus. The Asus does recognize the flashdrive when I insert one. I don't know what to do please help. Thank you
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Boogieman_WD Posts 275 Registration date Friday October 10, 2014 Status Member Last seen October 19, 2016   37
Mar 31, 2016 at 08:51 AM
Hi there Natnat1.

It sounds like the laptop is having issues with USB storage devices in general. This could be due to a driver fault. I'd recommend that you check if the HDD is detected in your BIOS/UEFI, first. If it shows up there, you should reinstall or update the Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller's driver. Do the same with your chipset drivers as well.

Hope that helps. Please let me know how it goes.
Boogieman_WD
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