Well it's a not an old external hdd at all, supports usb 3.0 afterall. Funny thing is that all the other usb sticks work normally. This is my HDD, and the laptop is for a friend, so he won't be using...

As I got the new Lenovo ideapad Miix 310, I tried to connect my 2.5inch Samsung M3 Portable to it, because I have some installation stuff on it. And while the HDD gets powered up and (usually) listed...