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USB Port & External Hard Drive Issue
In addition to regularly backing up my Win 7 Home Premium PC on a USB, I also copy all of the important files from my PC to an external hard drive, which I removed from a non-working laptop about a year or so ago. Until yesterday, no problem plugging the external hard drive into my pc USB port and copying, however, yesterday there was the message "USB Device not recognized". I plugged the external hard drive into a different USB port and it worked fine. However, when I use the USB port that the hard drive did not work in, that port does work with my other devides (camera, mouse, headset). So, is there a problem with the USB port, though it works with other devices, or the external drive which works in a different port. And, should I be concerned that there might be additional problems in the near future with the external hard drive?
Thank you in advance for your help. Jane