If you don’t wish to use any USB devices or USB storage devices, you can block the USB ports on your computer. In Windows 11, ...

USB ports come in a bewildering array of colors, with each hue indicating different capabilities for power and speed.

In days past that might have been a parallel or serial port. Today it’s almost always USB, specifically serial over USB. USB has some safety features built-in, such as current limiting.

As a first ‘you need to format the disk before using it’ fix you must start by inspecting your drive’s connection with your ...