My thumbdrive has been plagued with this issue for centuries!
Each time I plug in my thumbdrive, I would have to click Continue Without Scanning, as I knew my drive is in (somewhat) perfect condition. Of course, being the lazy ass bum that I was, I decided enough is enough. As usual, Google to the rescue! And within seconds, I found the answer!
The problem was that I have not always been very diligent in clicking Safely Remove Hardware before ejecting the drive. I do that most of the times, but there were quite a few moments where I would just forcibly eject the drive. Of course, I did this fully aware that there were no write operations going on at the time. Never ever eject a drive while it is writing something to the drive! Of course, this means no pulling out the drive when you’re copying/moving files in, running programs (like PortableApps) from it, or even during boot-up. I’ve heard of a few cases where it totally killed the drive. Though I can’t verify the authenticity of such stories, I would rather play it safe than sorry when it comes to my own data.
I did the fix recommended by the site and it resolved my issue! Amazing! I reproduced the problem and re-tried the fix, and again it worked the second time. Nice.
The fix is to select Continue Without Scanning when you receive the message. Then immediately open the Windows command line and run chkdsk drive /f, where drive is your USB drive.
I guess this is one of those instances where Vista adheres strictly by its rules, but instead comes off as annoying. Wait a sec, Vista abiding too hard and not being flexible, coming off as annoying?
(Vista == SG ruling party) ? "Yikes!" : "...";
[Resolve Vista Scan and Fix Error When Plugging in IPOD or other Devices]
