Solved Windows wants to format all flash drives.

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spiderken

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My Vista 64 bit laptop suddenly wants to format every flash drive (sticks and SD photo cards) I put in it. The drives work in other computers (and my photos appear when I put the SD cards in my camera).
I have tried all the solutions I have found on similar threads, i.e. uninstalled all usb drivers and sd card controllers in Device Manager and let them reload with a new start, and scanned for viruses with MS Essentials and Malewarebytes (full scans with each).

Note: non-flash devices still work in the usb ports (standard HDDs, and mice).

Thanks for helping in advance.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite A305-S6961

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately the Fix It didn't find anything.

BTW, as another possible symptom of the problem, my mouse keeps getting the "this device can perform faster" pop-up even though it is already in a fast port, and I keep un-checking the box for it to keep checking if it can perform faster.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satellite A305-S6961

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
You are very welcome, glad that I could be of help
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS420
    Memory
    6 gig
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD3650 256 MB
    Sound Card
    Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell SP2009W 20 inch Flat Panel w Webcam
    Hard Drives
    640 gb
    Cooling
    Fan
    Keyboard
    Dell USB
    Mouse
    Dell USB 4 button optical
    Other Info
    DSL provided by ATT
I have been having this problem for months, and could not get an answer. I could not download from my usb video cam, or connect any usb thumb drive. I ran sfc/scannow and it was fixed!! Thank you!!
 

My Computer

System One

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