Windows 10: USB 3.0 compatible with USB 2.0 is not connecting to my Windows 11 laptop.

Hello EveryoneI need help connecting my WD Elements external hard drive to my Lenovo Ideapad - Flex. I currently use Windows 11. I have an older Lenovo Laptop; the External Hard Drive works fine. On the External Hard Drive I have, there is a sticker that says USB 3.0 compatible with USB 2.0.In my New Laptop, I've tried various tricks. I uninstalled the entire Universal Serial Bus Controller and re-installed it again from Lenovo website. Below is the snapshot how it currently looks.On top of that, I went to USB Root Hub -> Properties -> Power Management and unchecked the Allow the comput

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USB 3.0 Question

That is the add in I have. I got it off the CM store. They also list an adapter, but I've yet to see it listed as in stock and can't seem to find any others.

 

Installing windows off of a USB stick

Step By Step from vista:
From admin cmd prompt

1. diskpart
1a. list disk
2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

And that's it, boot off your usb disk

 

7 Port High Speed USB 3.0 Hub

they were asking for this... https://geeks.com/collections/best-...h-speed-usb-3-0-hub-windows-mac-os-compatible so that they did not have to search the page for it. Common courtesy when listing a hot deal really.