Transferring files without working USB ports
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**Folks, I need some advice from computer people familiar with the devices and gismos available today.
I have a problem transferring files to or from my win 10 computer via USB, I’ve been getting g help at the MS support site to figure out, but it might just be that all my usb ports are bad as this is an older computer. What are some other ways to transfer files? I also want to get photos off of my iphone.**
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Email [etc] them as an attachment ?
Or better, get your USB ports fixed...
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stupid question but how would I get the ports fixed, by replacing them by opening up the computer and installing a new one?
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I don't know what your PC set up is.
I suspect you'll need some proper tech support to fix it of you...But before that you could try fixing your system's settings first...
Close all apps, open cmd window [as admin].
Type [copy/paste]sfc /scannow+ enter
Let it run...
Afterwards restart your PC and see if it improves anything... -
I suspect that there is something else at play, if all the USB ports stopped working then it seems the drivers for them may be corrupted, the chances of all the USB port hardware going at the same time is extremely slim.
If you have a desktop machine, you should be able to install a riser card with USB ports on one of the PCIE slots.
Once you have this resolved, get two external harddrives that you can backup your machine to, rotate them weekly. Don't keep them in the same place / location. That way, you should never be out by more than week's worth of data should the worst happen.
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Juju, how can I uncorrupt those drivers, or download new ones? My motherboard only has updates for win 8 and earlier, none for win 10.
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That scan found and fixed some things Tig so thanks for that, I'll find some tech who can replace the front two usb hubs
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You could upload them to a dropbox folder and download it on another machine, that is what I do as it's more convenient than USB thumb drives.
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@joe wood said:
Juju, how can I uncorrupt those drivers, or download new ones? My motherboard only has updates for win 8 and earlier, none for win 10.
The win 8 drivers should work in win 10, have you tried them? It's not like you're going to render the USB ports any more useless than it is already.
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Best solution is to use Solo's suggestion (DropBox, OneDrive, etc.), or even use WeTransfer.com to upload the file(s) and then email the link to whoever/wherever you need.
Another, more techy solution is to set up remote access (especially if you need to upload/download) to get into your desktop when you're not where it is. I'm partial to Remotepc.com but there are others that can throw more bells and whistles at it (for extra cost).
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Have you thought of creating an external hdd from the current internal hdd?
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Converting an internal hdd to an external hdd gives you an extra drive. Useful.
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