Usb 2.0 i have a problem, when i plug in my usb hard drive windows just freezes and i need to restart my computer i tried to instal new usb drivers and drivers for motherboard but nothing helps

Hard drives usually self install. Unplug the driver and switch it of so it is disconnected from the USB. restart your computer. turn the power back on for the drive and Plug the USB lead back in to the computer (When started up). Windows should install the driver automatically. This will take about a minute or two.

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Installing the external CD Player...
You will go and start up and install Windows XP by doing he following:
Plug in your external CD drive, and let windows install it into the system...
Once the CD is ready to go, shut down the computer.
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You will first need to format your hard drive, I will give you instructions on how to do that.

1...To format your hard drive and install XP:
To set you computer back to factory fresh settings you will need to format the hard drive and install the XP operating system and the drivers.

1.Format the hard drive:
You do this by double left clicking on "My Computer",then double left click the main drive (normally C drive).
When the window pops open, you will choose "Format"
Keep in mind that once you format your hard drive you will loose all your files,programs,pictures,etc that you installed since the computer was new.
So make your back up on a portable hard drive,thumb drive,etc.
2. Once the formatting of the hard drive is complete you will need to install the XP operating system along with the drivers.
You will now insert the CD's into your external CD player starting with #1 first and continuing until all has been installed.
After all has been installed, shut your computer off and restart.
That will bring your computer back to Windows XP factory new condition as far as operating is concerned.
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Plug drive in make sure it comes up in my computer.

Now you can save files to your external hard drive.

Or with copy and paste files from places like my documents to make a backups of your files.

Best of luck

You may want to take a general computer class at you local college or library.

You need a laptop IDE hard disk.

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Install the driver's!! and then restart it should solve the problem!!

We have all had it, yesterday it was fine now it says it doesn't recognise ya USB device.. AARrrgg. Well there are various way to try to fix. Now providing your USB aint Kaput then this works like 99 outa a hundered.Simply Remove and reinstall all USB controllersTo remove and reinstall all USB controllers, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type sysdm.cpl in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Click the Hardware tab.
3. Click the Device Manager button.
4. Expand Universal Serial Bus controllers.
5. Right-click every device under the Universal Serial Bus controllersnode, and then click Uninstall to remove them one at a time.
6. Restart the computer, and "Windows" will then automatically reinstall the USB controllers.
7. Plug in the removable USB storage device, and then test to make sure that the issue is resolved.

Remember with USB devices. FIRST, install software/drivers, then insert USB device SECOND.

Unless it's windows 98 you don't need a driver. If your computer can't see it, it's probably broken. Try plugging it in to another computer and see if it can see it

You need to reinstall your usb drivers.
For that first go to my computer property ->hardware -> device manager
then right click on usb drivers and uninstall all usb drivers 1 by 1.
Then restart computer then check .
If problem still remain then enter in bios setup then go to ide or advanced option then enable "Legacy 2.0" then save settings then restart .
soem times old computer not supports new usb high speed device .

Follow these steps:

1. Go to START > Right-click My Computer > PROPERTIES
2. On the tabs, click Hardware > DEVICE MANAGER
3. Press the + sign next to the Universal Serial Bus controllers.
4. Doubble-click the first one
5. When the new window comes up, click Drvers from the tabs, and click "uninstall"
6. Repeat step 5 for all devices
7. Restart your computer.

After your computer restarts, plug in your flash drive and it should work.

If that doesn't work, then the USB ports on your computer are dead. You can try to get new USB hardware at a computer store to plug into your computer (THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS A USB HUB!)

Suggest you look at the motherboard book to check if or how many USB connections are in fact USB 2 compatible. Most modern Motherboards only have 2 USB 2.0 Compatible connections, most are 3.0 or 4.0 compatible. Hope this helps, Malcolm Campbell.