External USB Hard Drive No Longer Working On My Computer

[Guest]

A Couple days ago i logged on to my computer to find a error message on the
bottom right saying:

"USB Device not recongnized

One of the USB Devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and
Windows does not recongnize it."
and upon clicking it a list of my USB ports comes up and it has a UNKNOWN
DEVICE in bold. The recomendation is to reconnect it and if that does not
work replace it.

So I took the Hard Drive and connected it to another computer running
Windows XP and it works fine, i can browse the files and even delete and copy
them.

I have other USB devices plugged in that are working, like my keyboard and
mouse.

anybody know what is going on here?

 

[Guest]

Have you tried using a different port on the computer in ?

 

[Woody]

Plug in the drive,go to device manager and uninstall the unknown device.
Unplug the drive and reboot the system. Plug in the drive and reboot.

 

[Guest]

well sadly before i saw this i had gone and re-formatted it on another
computer and it works now. but now my MP3 Player has the same problem so i
will try this. and different USB ports did not help.

 

[Paul]

well sadly before i saw this i had gone and re-formatted it on another
computer and it works now. but now my MP3 Player has the same problem so i
will try this. and different USB ports did not help.

Get a copy of this. It displays whatever info it can find for USB devices.
Don't let the name fool you, it is a general purpose tool.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/stream/vidcap/UVCViewdwn.mspx

Paul