My laptop says it needs to do a Windows update but there's not enough storage space...there's nothing saved on it, so the storage space is empty...and the USB ports stopped working today??
Could be you've got a worm. 🐛 They come in through email or a stray click on your internet browser, then they copy their code, or your address book, or gibberish over and over again to your hard drive. If that's what it is, you won't see any evidence of it in your file manager. Many times different virus codes will disabled your external access devices to make it harder to eliminate them.
Do you know if you have an antivirus program installed?
Could be you've got a worm. 🐛 They come in through email or a stray click on your internet browser, then they copy their code, or your address book, or gibberish over and over again to your hard drive. If that's what it is, you won't see any evidence of it in your file manager. Many times different virus codes will disabled your external access devices to make it harder to eliminate them.
Check with Dave Moffatt. He knows PCs well! Hope you can get it sorted quickly. That is so frustrating.