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You have an external Hard Drive that your computer is not recognizing because you changed USB ports and your not sure which port it was to put back do you have to uninstall software and reinstall?
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∙ 15y ago
No. If the device is not detected, you have a hardware problem, not a software problem. Something is wrong with either your USB port or your drive; uninstalling and reinstalling the software will have no effect.
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