USB Device not Recognized

[Skull_leader 0]

my USB and ext Hdd cant Recognized by windows, when i plug it into my port a pop up came outaying "USB Device not Recognized, one of ur USB device has malfunction" can somebody please help me on this problem.

[Philipp 6]

There are two topics dealing with the same problem:

http://www.compatdb.org/support/topics/163019_desperately_need_help_usb_devices_not_recognized.html

http://www.compatdb.org/support/topics/176233_usb_device_not_recognized_malfunction.html