Windows doesn’t recognise the USB key anymore (it used to work)

driversusb-flash-drivewindows 7

I use my friend's USB flash drive (Corsair flash voyager 16gb)
to transfer files from my laptop to my desktop computer.

However, since a couple of days my laptop stopped recognizing the USB key.. while there is still no problems with all other computers.

I use Windows 7 64 bits if that can help.

I tried uninstalling the driver, rebooting and all those kind of tricks, but it won't work.

When I connect it and open the "My computer" window, I see "Removable Disk (G:)" for a moment, then it disappears… then it reappears again and it keeps doing that periodically. I can't even right click then hit "Properties" because it disappears.

As I recall, it DOES work on every other computers, I think it has to do with the driver but what can I do?

Best Answer

I had the same and solved this by:

  • downloading the 64 bit USBDeview
  • run as administrator and removed all occurrences of my USB (you'll need to know its Device Description)
  • plug in the USB; possibly in an other port to force Windows to reinitialise it

This worked for me!

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