Firstly, let's proceed with the premise that I have not been an idiot and been faked. That's unlikely since the amazon seller has good ratings, and the price was right.
Here is the issue:
I have to remove my USB stick and pop it back in every time I start the comp. Or I get "Please insert a disk into the drive"
I am using XP. After I have done that, the stick (Sony Microvault) works just fine.
I did delete the "lower filters" at some point a while back, so maybe that's doing it? My other Kingston stick does not have this issue.
Anyone?