Windows 10: Can i use windows on a chromebook?

Okay so in those 2 usb ports on my chromebook, i had the usb for my wireless mouse in the top usb port. I just now decided to put that usb for wireless mouse in the port below it and then plug in the internal hard drive enclosure into the top usb port and does work on the other usb port. I only have 2 usb ports on the chromebook. The top usb port i had plugged in the usb for the wifi mouse i use.


So what does that mean? That the other usb port is damaged? Well that can't be it because a regular usb stick and a 1tb external hard drive works on that port. Right now i connected the usb for my wireless mouse to the usb port where it could not connect/recognize on my laptop.


I did not want to do this earlier in case it might damage the usb for my wireless mouse. Thoughts on this?

 

So that would mean the 2nd usb port is not strong enough and doesn't have the power for an internal hard drive enclosure? But the top usb port does then?

 

I've just discovered this thread. Over on your parallel thread we established that the hard drive enclosure is recognised in one port but not on the other - though it was once, the first time you plugged it in and stopped working after you unplugged it without ejecting. You seem to be more active on this thread now, so I'll repeat my suggestion here.

https://support.google.com/chromeboo...-1522088882376
Is my internal hard drive damaged?

 

External drives are listed as USB hard drives.

@ paulyjustin Under Storage Devices, it lists USB hard drives and thumb drives. USB hard drives are external drives; I don't think internal hard drives tend to be USB. Here's a copy of what I found at File types and external devices that work on Chromebooks - Chromebook Help

Filesystems
You can access files on external devices connected to your Chromebook if they use the following types of filesystems:

• FAT (FAT16, FAT32, exFAT)
• HFS+ (read-only on journaled HFS+)
• ISO9660 (read-only)
• MTP
• NTFS
• UDF (read-only)

Storage devices

• USB hard drives and thumb drives
• USB CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives (read-only)

Remove a storage device safely by clicking Eject *Smile From what I see, it doesn't look like a GPT/UEFI formatted drive will work with Chrome.