5. You have just plugged a USB portable hard drive into an older laptop and the disk has not appeared as available. You are concerned that the hard disk controller hardware has not been recognized by the computer. What utility would you use to verify that the controller is functioning correctly?

Device manager

Explanation:

The device manager is simply an Operating system feature whose main function is to enable one view and be able to also change all the devices attached or connected to the computer.

When the hard disk controller is not recognised or seen, first thing to do is to view if you will see it on the device manager.

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