A friend has asked my help on this problem. I'd welcome Virtual Dr. advice on where to begin. ... wdc

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The computer problem I spoke of is on my computer with windows XP home edition. Two ports have stopped working. One is the USB port that accommodates thumb drives/travel drives, and one is the port that accepts compact flash drives (like from my camera). The compact flash drive quit maybe a year ago. The other one gave up a week or so ago. Both worked one day and failed to work the next day. I have tried to vacuum out any dust but that didn't help.