Impossible to connect an external hard drive

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  -How long have you had this problem?

  Follow the steps below:

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  Step 1: Boot in safe mode and check if the problem persists.

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  Step 2: If the problem does not occur in safe mode, you can put your system to boot (in normal mode) to solve the problem.

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  Have you tried to uninstall and reinstall the USB controller drivers?

  If so, have you installed latest drivers from the motherboard chipset?

  Follow the steps below and check if it works:

  1 download the drivers for external hard drive from the following link and check.

  http://www.Samsung.com/us/support/downloads

  2. click on the link to the HP Web site below to download the latest drivers. Search for drivers related to USB / external peripheral.

  http://h10025.www1.HP.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?cc=us&LC=en&DLC=en&product=5078476

  Click scan now.

  
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