# 16GB Cruzer Blade works on Samsung TV but stopped working on PC (Win 7)

**URL:** <https://forums.sandisk.com/t/16gb-cruzer-blade-works-on-samsung-tv-but-stopped-working-on-pc-win-7/32698>\
**Category:** All other USB Flash Drives\
**Created:** [February 9, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/16gb-cruzer-blade-works-on-samsung-tv-but-stopped-working-on-pc-win-7/32698 "2014-02-09T13:37:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![davecruzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@davecruzer](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/davecruzer)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/16gb-cruzer-blade-works-on-samsung-tv-but-stopped-working-on-pc-win-7/32698/1 "2014-02-09T13:37:45Z")

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I have 2x 16GB Cruzer Blades that I was using for a few weeks and suddenly they stopped working. So as a trial I plugged them into my TV and the TV see’s all the files there and can access the media files. When I plug the drive back into my PC it shows up in Device Manager - Disk Drives but in Explorer it shows a a new Removable Disk but with 0 bytes of 0 bytes. I’ve been looking through forums all over the internet and although this seems fairly common, the solution is not to be found. Most people say your PC needs updating but I fail to see why because all of my other external USB disks and drives still work fine. Anyone got any help on this?

Thanks,

Dave

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**Author:** ![mikkirourke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mikkirourke](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/mikkirourke)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/16gb-cruzer-blade-works-on-samsung-tv-but-stopped-working-on-pc-win-7/32698/2 "2014-02-09T14:15:25Z")

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At device manager, try to right click on the Sandisk entry and hit on Scan for Hardware changes. That would refresh the drivers.&nbsp; ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sandisk/original/2X/8/89e303e1bebd7a98eec72f7c287baa259557cee9.gif)

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**Author:** ![ed\_p](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sandisk/user_avatar/forums.sandisk.com/ed_p/32/2333_2.png) [@ed\_p](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/ed_p)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/16gb-cruzer-blade-works-on-samsung-tv-but-stopped-working-on-pc-win-7/32698/3 "2014-02-09T15:12:57Z")

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It sounds as if the File Allocation Table on the drive may have gotten messed up.&nbsp; Try running CHKDSK on it.&nbsp; Also try rebooting the pc.