Laptop does not read mobile hard drive

A time ago, the computer operating system was re-installed, today will move the hard drive to the computer, the indicator light on the mobile drive, can also hear the drive inside the rotation, but the computer does not display the drive letter.

Beginning to think is the problem of the re-installed operating system, took a USB flash drive, the USB drive can be displayed normally, indicating that there is no problem with the interface.

Baidu a bit, found a possible problem.

Before buying a mobile hard drive, move the hard drive code a piece of data cable, connect the computer and the mobile hard disk data cable, but now I use a mobile phone charger data cable.

For example, the white for mobile phone data cable, black for the mobile hard drive comes with a data cable. Obviously, the mobile drive comes with a data cable that is much thicker than the phone data cable.

too thin data cable can not carry the required current of the mobile hard drive, so unable to drive the mobile hard drive, after changing the thick data cable, when there is enough power to use, the mobile drive can be used normally.

Laptop does not read mobile hard drive