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Why does a laptop freeze when connecting an external USB or Firewire drive?
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∙ 16y ago
There are two reasons: 1. A slow laptop that struggles with reading external plug-and-play drives. 2. Trying to plug in external drive without turning off laptop.
This does happen on desktops as well. Before ruling out a defective hard drive, you can try the following. Go to device manager and delete all USB entries under USB, reboot and let Windows redetect and configure. Also, if you have tons of USB connected devices remove them all, and try the USB drive to see if it accepts it without a problem.
A quick way to verify if the external drive is working is to connect it to another computer. If its working sweet, you know it's functioning and the problem resides on your laptop.
Might want to double check bios to make sure USB 2.0 is enabled, to give more power to the ports.
If all else fails, make sure windows is up to date, go to windowsupdate.com, you have latest drivers for chipset/motherboard/etc. You can also try a repair install, Google for information on DIY repair install. -NaturaTek
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