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Looking for clarification. Are you saying that it can be attached via the USB (we're talking about the portable type that gets its power via the USB port) but as long as it was ejected through the taskbar and no longer visible in This PC, it's safe (assuming you don't re-connect as is)?

Agreed. What I thought would do is if a ransonware situation happens, I would disconnect the drives from the PC (they would already have been powered down), boot from a utility like AOMEI, which I use to make the images, turn on the drives and do a restore while booted through the USB...

Great! I use those drives to create images of the system and of the data drive. So, maybe I'll leave them off except when I want to create an incremental image. Thanks!

I understand that external drives are vulnerable to ransomware in that they are targeted along with the rest of the PC. But, what if you have an external bay that is attached via a USB but powered down and when the PC is infected by ransomware? Would they be safe (assuming you don't turn them...

Although it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of Photoshop, GIMP is a powerhouse. GIMP 2.9 has been out for a bit.