Windows 7
Sandisk 16GB Cruzer
I had all the same issues - …and tried some of the more exotic fixes.
My problem was that although the drive was visible on my PC, I just could never open it, clicking just used to take an age to try to open it. I tried the uninstall, but still no joy when I reconnected the USB drive. I could not reformat it either. It was a real issue.
It worked fine on other PC’s, so I know the USB was OK.
Anyway, after 2 hours of silliness, the problem was simply fixed by this -
Uninstall the USB whilst the PC is in normal mode. (from the control panel-Device manager). This I was able to do.
Remove the stick
Reboot the PC into safe mode
Insert USB stick
It was detected fine. I was able to open the stick and use it as intended.
Eject the stick (still in safe mode)
Restart PC in normal
Put in stick.
Now its fixed.
Another 2 hours of my life wasted on a stupid PC issue.
