Laptop is widely use gadget all over the world. carrying anywhere and anytime makes this device more prominent and reliable. its almost similar like carrying the BIG smartphone in your hands!! Touchpad is most and often used by the users which makes laptop very convenient and flexy. but many users face the situation were touchpad stop working and the user don’t even have idea why that happens?? so lets look for some few noticable reasons and solution for that.
Physical Button OFF :
Many laptops have physical or function button on keyboard which “we” have to turn ON manually. it may be possible that you might have turn OFF that button and its result in not function of Touchpad.
Touchpad Drivers :
Many laptops required their own drivers to run touchpad smoothly. so make sure you installed touchpad drivers and kept up-to date by updating periodically. if you find difficulty in seeking the specific drivers you can go to this link or simply just visit manufacturer site of your laptop.
Check Hardware configuration:
if nothing from above works then there is some possibility that your hardware has misconfigure need some modification, if you are really expert in hardware information then you can check yourself or just hand you laptop to the authorised service centre.
Disconnect External Device:
Some USB or PS/2 devices automatically make touchpad to stop working. for that turn off your system and disconnect all the external devices which are connected and restart the system. this may solve your problem almost after rebooting.
BIOS setup :
make sure touchpad is not responsible for disabling touchpad once you’ve entered BIOS setup make sure you have made hardware device settings. here How to Enter BIOS or CMOS
Corrupt operating system files:
sometime windows may pop up with unknown error that might be in result of non working of touchpad. make sure you have updated all required necessary files to avoid further disturbance.