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Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Thank you for the reply. My laptop computer does not recognize any portable devices at all.
When I plugged my windows phone the OS is 7. However, none of these 3 show up on my laptop computer. I'm just trying to figure out why Portable Devices doesn't show up on my laptop under device managers. If nothing connected to the USB port s on your laptop works, it's time to consider that your laptop may be broken.
The facts that the phone makes a sound and indicates that its battery is charging mean that the USB power has power With one of the phones connected, open Devices and Printers. Is the phone listed there, perhaps under "Unspecified"? In Device Manager, are there any warning icons anywhere, especially in the "Universal Serial Bus Controller" section or a section for Other or Unknown devices? For help on getting into the BIOS configuration utility, provide the make and model of your laptop.
Thank you for your reply. I have an external hard drive, a flash drive, a USB controller, and they all work and show up where they're supposed to. Just my devices don't show up anywhere. Whenever I see that icon you referred to in your picture, it's the device I plugged in. Actually in device manager, everything is fine except under Other Devices. Nothing else has the yellow exclamation point. And Portable Devices doesn't show up. Did you try the suggestion which were provided by Karthik Vengaloor replied on March 1, Hardware devices are not working or are not detected in Windows.
You may also refer to the article What to do when a device isn't installed properly at:. Please let us know if that helps. We'll be glad to assist you further. Thank you for keeping us updated on the status of the issue. Please feel free to reply, in case you face any other issues with Windows in future. Same problem with me. Every device works fine on this Hp laptop but my windows Lumia is not listing under any list in the device manager.
The most important is my data in my laptop I can't format as MetallicFever did. Guide me another way. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 45 people found this reply helpful. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Thank you for the reply. My laptop computer does not recognize any portable devices at all.
When I plugged my windows phone the OS is 7. However, none of these 3 show up on my laptop computer. I'm just trying to figure out why Portable Devices doesn't show up on my laptop under device managers. If nothing connected to the USB port s on your laptop works, it's time to consider that your laptop may be broken. The facts that the phone makes a sound and indicates that its battery is charging mean that the USB power has power With one of the phones connected, open Devices and Printers.
Is the phone listed there, perhaps under "Unspecified"? In Device Manager, are there any warning icons anywhere, especially in the "Universal Serial Bus Controller" section or a section for Other or Unknown devices? For help on getting into the BIOS configuration utility, provide the make and model of your laptop. Thank you for your reply. I have an external hard drive, a flash drive, a USB controller, and they all work and show up where they're supposed to.
Just my devices don't show up anywhere. Whenever I see that icon you referred to in your picture, it's the device I plugged in. Actually in device manager, everything is fine except under Other Devices. Nothing else has the yellow exclamation point. And Portable Devices doesn't show up. Did you try the suggestion which were provided by Karthik Vengaloor replied on March 1, Hardware devices are not working or are not detected in Windows. You may also refer to the article What to do when a device isn't installed properly at:.
Please let us know if that helps. We'll be glad to assist you further. Thank you for keeping us updated on the status of the issue. Please feel free to reply, in case you face any other issues with Windows in future. Same problem with me. Every device works fine on this Hp laptop but my windows Lumia is not listing under any list in the device manager. The most important is my data in my laptop I can't format as MetallicFever did.
Guide me another way. Your help would be appreciated. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community.
Search the community and support articles Windows Windows 7 Search Community member. Please help, Thank you. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Hi, Does the computer recognize other portable devices?
Have you tried to connect the phone to a different computer?
