On Sun 03 Dec 2017 at 20:10:31 (+0100), Bernard wrote: > All of this raises a number of questions concerning safe storage of > data. What is available is far from reliable. Another problem is > that of usb ports : on two of my three computers, usb ports have > become faulty after 2-3 years ; on my old desktop dating back to > 2007, on 5 usb ports, 3 are faulty ; when this started, I just had > to sligntly move the plug into its slot, but this has ended in the > fact that now each trial to plug anything in these slots causes an > instant shutdown of the machine.
For desktops, you can buy USB ports. I have a couple of 3-port ones myself, bought to save the hassle of plugging things into the mobo's ones at the back of the cabinet. They fit where a 3½ floppy would go but there are adapters to fit a 5¼ window as well. Each has two more ports on the card itself. Cheers, David.
