Windows 10: I can't identify this port or what it's used for on my new laptop

Sorry. I looked at so many pages of images. I posted in in Google images and it said it looks like "electronics." Thanks in advance for your indulgence.

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My Seagate external hard drive is not detected when plugged in to USB port of my laptop using windows 10?

Thanks for your response.

I have tried all the steps provided, however in vain. The external hard drive is not identified at all in any of the the USB ports when connected. The USB ports identify other external Flash drives and devices. However this drive is detected in another laptop
using Windows 7 OS. Please advise further.

Regards

 

How to identify Com Ports in Windows10

Hi Thomas,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand your concern. However, serial bus controller in Device Manager contains USB devices and USB port numbers and it seems COM Ports devices might be hidden, so please follow the steps mentioned below and check if you can see the Com Ports.

1. Open Device Manager.
   
2. Click on View in the menu bar and select
   Show hidden devices.
   
3. Locate Ports (COM & LPT) in the list.
   
4. Check for the com ports by expanding the same.
   

Hope it helps.

 

New Port

I have a Canon pixma 492 printer, i want to set this up wireless but my cd/dvd reader isn,t working. talked to Canon Rep and he did a work around for my cd/dvd reader so i didn, t need to use disk. the problem i have is after downloading and trying
to install software from Canon for my printer i get an error message at the end of install that says( New Port could not be created:0000) the tech at Canon said to contact Microsoft to see if they could check out why it won,t create a new port. any suggestions???????