Recently I had bought a new laptop but my external HDD cannot be detected.
There is absolutely no response from the pc itself, no popups, no sound. However there is light on my HDD but it is always on unlike the usual blinking light. It also seems like the HDD is not functioning as there is no humming noise.
I had tested all the ports on my pc with my mouse which works fine and it seems like only the HDD is acting funny. I had also checked both the device and disk managers and it seems to have no trace of any new devices.
But when I plug back my HDD to my old laptop, it is working fine. Functioning USB port is 2.0, while the not functioning USB is 3.0. HDD is 3.0.
Anyone know the problem?
There is absolutely no response from the pc itself, no popups, no sound. However there is light on my HDD but it is always on unlike the usual blinking light. It also seems like the HDD is not functioning as there is no humming noise.
I had tested all the ports on my pc with my mouse which works fine and it seems like only the HDD is acting funny. I had also checked both the device and disk managers and it seems to have no trace of any new devices.
But when I plug back my HDD to my old laptop, it is working fine. Functioning USB port is 2.0, while the not functioning USB is 3.0. HDD is 3.0.
Anyone know the problem?
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