Guessing a compatibility issue. Go to control panel > view devices and printers > device manager and check for updates for the USB drives
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A USB drive allows a USB device to be plugged into the computer. Common items are cameras and webcams. You will rarely need to replace the USB drive on your computer, since it is not something that can easily be damaged.
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Check that the usb device is functional in the Device Manager, Some USB devices don't appear in Device Manager use the utility program that came bundled with the device to check for errors. No. Plug the device into another USB port. If it does not work after you have plugged it into all USB ports on the computer then you know that your device is not working.
Depends. Did you have My Computer pulled up the moment you plugged in the USB? If so, close the program, wait a couple of minutes, then try to access the device again. If it still does not show, then you have a faulty USB device and you will need to buy a new one.
Because Windows automatically attempts to identify anything plugged into a USB port. The computer knows your phone is plugged in - and treats it as a 'removable mass-storage device'.
They work with any computer that has a USB port, to a USB device.
Unless it is a USB device or FireWire device or something similar, you should completely shut down the computer and the hardware, then plug the two together.
Depending on what you have plugged in, and what type of computer you have, the USB ports in your computer can "go to sleep", causing the recognition noise to sound as the ports go to sleep. For example, if you have a laptop and the battery gets too low, it will shut off some USB ports, and if you have a device or USB drive plugged in at the time, it will act as if you unplugged it from the computer, causing the noise to sound. The sound may also occur when devices turn themselves off. For instance, many computer printers like to stay off when they are not being used. The PC can wake them up when necessary, and when they turn off, Windows detects this, just as if they were unplugged from the computer.
A USB WiFi access point is a USB device, plugged into a computer with an existing LAN connection, that provides other computers in the local area to wirelessly access the network or internet. Such a USB device can also combine other functionalities such as a Wi Fi finder into the same unit.
Any USB Device, or firewire device such as digital cameras, memory sticks, USB mice, USB keyboards etc...