MP3/Ext Hard Drive Conflict

[Guest]

Hi All,

I have an MP3 player and an external hard drive and both of which connect
via a USB port. Independently, both work fine, but when I try to run them at
the same time, I can only get my computer to recognize one at a time. I've
tried switching USB ports, but that doesn't make a difference.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thank you,

Todd

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have an MP3 player and an external hard drive and both of which
connect via a USB port. Independently, both work fine, but when I
try to run them at the same time, I can only get my computer to
recognize one at a time. I've tried switching USB ports, but that
doesn't make a difference.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Not without Computer Hardware Specs...

 

[Dave B.]

Do both devices get assigned the same drive letter when used by themselves?

 

[Dave B.]

Go into disk management (right click my computer, select manage, it will be
in the left pane) and see if the MP3 player is getting assigned a drive
letter, and if it is, that it's not E, you have to have the MP3 player
plugged in when you do this.

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