Vista crash made USB device inaccessible

[Guest]

oevice cannot start. (Code 10)." I think Windows believes the USB device is a
CD drive, since it shows a non-existent h: CD drive. I have tried everything
I can think of, inluding trying to update the driver (Vista says I already
have the most recent driver) and uninstalling the driver (hoping that Windows
would re-install it and recognize my USB device). NOthing has worked. My 4 GB
device is useless, and I have a non-existent CD drive showing on my system.

Other USB device work OK.

(Don't even ask about how Vista crashed at least 4 times in my first week of
owning it, while I'm not sure XP ever did.)

 

[Guest]

Did the 4GB USB device have U3 installed?
(This makes a portion of the USB device appear as a protected CD-ROM.)
If, yes:
There is a ZIP file on the stick that will allow you to remove the CD
drive from the stick and your computer.

 

[Guest]

I couldn't say for sure whether the 4GB USB device had U3 installed, since I
was not able to access it. Therefore, I coudn't check for it, nor could I get
at a zip file on it.

Today I took the mangled USB drive to work. The OS recognized its existence,
but asked whether I wanted to format it. I did format it.

I would guess that the problem with my home computer remains, with a
non-existenet icon for an h: CD drive. I'm hoping Vista will recognize the
USB drive as an additional device beyond the phantom h: drive. Tonight I will
find out.