Fix: Windows 10 can’t recognize USB device

After upgrading to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1/ 8/ 7, Microsoft Windows 10 users suffer from various Windows 10 bugs including blue screen of death in Windows 10, games freeze or stop responding in Windows 10, black screen in Windows 10, etc. Luckily, those problems could be resolved by workable solutions. Today, the issue we will talk about in this post is not difficult to solve but it might make you crazy. When you plug a USB device to your Windows 10 machine, sometimes you might get a message ‘ Windows 10 can’t recognize USB device’.

How to troubleshoot Windows 10 can’t recognize USB device

No matter Windows 10 can’t detect USB keyboard, Windows 10 stops recognizing USB mouse, Windows 10 can’t find flash drives, or Windows 10 can’t recognize other external drives, you could follow the methods to troubleshoot this Windows 10 issue.

Method 1: Restart your Windows 10 machine

Restart is the simplest way to find the missing USB drive. Unplug the USB device from your Windows 10 machine, and plug in again after restart.

Method 2: Check USB ports and USB cables

Disconnect the USB cable and try other ports. If this doesn’t work, change a USB cable and connect to different USB ports. There might be hardware problem with USB port, once the USB cable could be recognized by one of the ports.

Method 3: Update device driver by Driver Talent

After Windows 10 upgrade, the old driver might conflict with the new operating system. This reveals there is an ‘Unknow Device’ in the Device Manager and Windows 10 can’t recognize USB driver. Update device driver by Driver Talent, one click could fix the issue for you.

Those are the workable solutions for fixing Windows 10 can’t recognize USB device. Sincerely hope one of them could be helpful for you. If you face other Windows 10 issues, you could go to Resource center to get more useful tips.