Universal Serial Bus – USB – problems and solutions involving desktop and laptop PCs/computers
How to make use of a router’s USB port Most current combination modem routers (or separate routers that connect to separate cable or ADSL modems) retail purchases or modem -routers that a Internet Service Provider (ISP) provides, have a USB port. Of course you can use the port to charge devices. Below is a list…
Backups fail after Windows 7/8.1/10 changes drive letters for USB flash drives Often backups fail if Windows changes the drive letter of a USB flash drive that was used to create the backup. This makes subsequent backups fail. If you use USB flash drives to store backups, you might have discovered that Windows 7/8.1/10 can…
PROBLEM: My 8GB USB flash drive works as it should on a Windows XP and a Windows Vista PC and on a Windows 7 laptop, but won’t work on my Windows 7 desktop PC. It does not report a problem and reads other flash drives, such as earlier, lower-capacity models I have. I have tried…
A USB cable provides a data transfer connection and provides power to the device. USB devices are either powered via the USB cable that connects them directly to the PC or laptop, such as wired or wireless mice and keyboards, flash drives, cameras, mobile phones, etc., or by an independent power supply supplied with the…
PROBLEM: Three standard 16GB or 32GB USB flash drives I own have mysteriously made themselves read-only write-protected. They can’t even be formatted. The files on them can be seen but can’t be deleted, moved or updated. When I try any of those actions, a message comes up saying that the write-protection has to be removed…
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