The USB-C connector of my Hi13 seems to be good only for charging the tablet. At least with the Adapter to USB 3.0 that I have, nothing was detected by the device. But with the Micro USB even an external 2,5 inch hard drive started without problems.
my external ssd drive 250gb in the type-c with adapter in usb3 work perfect, i think your drive have problem, i connect in type-c mouse,keyboard,stick all work good