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AgingAmerican

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1. Sometimes you have dead ports

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 08:57 AM

Oct 2012

Usually the front ones.

If you are getting a message when you plug it in, the machine you are using does not have the correct drivers for your drive. Sometimes older hardware is just not compatible with certain USB drives.

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USB ports not recognized at same locations every time. Work everywhere else! What would cause this? [View all] Quixote1818 Oct 2012 OP

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