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As soon as the printer was plugged in, the computer broke down.
I get a really strange issue and hoping someone can help. As soon as I plugged my printer into my computer via USB, my computer immediately broke down—the screen went black, the system completely froze, and now when I try to restart it, either it gets stuck on the loading screen or it boots up but runs extremely slow with constant freezing. I've tried unplugging the printer and rebooting several times, but the problem persists even with the printer disconnected. Has anyone else ever had a printer crash their entire computer like this, and is there any way to fix what happened without having to reinstall Windows from scratch? I would really appreciate any guidance you can offer. Thank you.
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This is the most common culprit. Your computer's BIOS (the basic system that starts your PC) might have a setting enabled that tells it to check for bootable USB devices before starting Windows. When you plugged the printer in, the computer saw a USB device and said, "Oh, I should try to start from this," got confused when it couldn't find an operating system, and then froze on a black screen.
