Re: problem of USB ports with HP laptops.
Try uninstalling the port and then reinstalling it. That same thing happened to me.
You need to go to your device manager and then click on universal serial bus and uninstall/reinstall it.
[EDIT]
Or it might be the pen drive cable.
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