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  1. sunfowers01's Avatar
    1 20-05-2012  12:16
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    USB device not recognised
    My computer is not recognising my USB device. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this? I've tried disconnecting and reconnecting it. The operating system is Windows XP.
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    2 20-05-2012  12:48
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    Re: USB device not recognised
    What's the device?
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    3 20-05-2012  13:46
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    Re: USB device not recognised
    It's an external hard drive
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    4 28-05-2012  13:09
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    Re: USB device not recognised
    Could be an issue with drivers, do you have a disk which game with the product?
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    5 28-05-2012  15:14
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    Re: USB device not recognised
    (Original post by sunfowers01)
    It's an external hard drive
    VBQ is right, update your software, check the website for your hard drives software.
  6. VBQ's Avatar
    6 29-05-2012  13:34
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    Yep, the manufacturers website should have the relevant drivers :yes:
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