XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-7, alt.windows7.general   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 16:24:40 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver"   
    wrote:   
      
   >I have had PCs that wouldn't boot if a USB memory stick was plugged in.   
   >I can't remember whether it was any memory stick in any port, or just   
   >certain sticks, or certain ports. It would have been, I'm pretty sure,   
   >either Windows 7 or XP (USB under Windows 9x was pretty flaky anyway). I   
   >haven't had that problem with this W10-64 machine, but possibly only   
   >because I've never tried booting it with a stick plugged in so far.   
      
   I have sometimes had the problem if it not booting in those   
   circumstances. But not always. It only happened about 1 in 10 times.   
      
   The USB had drive has its own power supply, and it now sees neither   
   that nor any flash drives, nor the printer.   
      
   It still sees they moust and the keyboard (otherwise I wouldn't be   
   able to type this).   
      
      
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