Troubleshoot and fix unresponsive USB ports on your Windows PC with these simple solutions, from basic checks to driver updates and power settings tweaks.

The USB port not recognizing devices is due to a wide variety of reasons, from software to hardware problems. We'll go over some of the common causes and how you can fix them.

There's nothing worse than plugging in a USB drive and nothing happening. It can be tricky to figure out why on Windows, so we have some suggestions.

If your USB drive is showing up as 2 different drives on your Windows PC, clean and repartition USB using Command Prompt and see if it helps.

If you can't boot Windows 11/10 PC using a bootable USB or flash drive, this post will help you find a working fix for boot issues with USB.

How to fix the CrowdStrike bug with a USB drive In a post to its website Saturday, Microsoft released a file for USB drives that can quickly and near-automatically fix downed PCs.