CF cards problems on Vista.. Second time requires reboot

This is starting to drive me nuts. Once I remove a CF card from my computer, I cannot read it again (or another one) without rebooting the computer.

I download images from my CF card by placing the CF card in the multi card reader that came with my vista computer. Everything works well the first time I read the card -- after a reboot. My problem is, that after I remove the card, I cannot read it again w/out rebooting. This is driving me nuts. Has anyone had this issue and solved it? Are others having it and living with it?

The problem, I think, is that the CF card reader is accessed by the multi card reader via USB. When Vista tries to unmount the device, it is attempting to unmount the USB adapter directly (like a USB thumb-drive) but the USB adapter is still there, and vista gets confused.

I have tried without success:

1. Using different settings in the device manager (e.g., Optimize for performance and/or quick removal).
   
2. Using the 'Safely Remove Hardware' feature (which tries to remove the entire multi card reader... which won't remount when I put the card back.
   
3. Using the 'eject' option after right clicking on the drive.
   
4. Placing a different CF card reader into a USB port and trying from there... this also fails.

Vista had an issue with that when it first came out, but it was corrected in SP1. Is your version of Vista up to date?

Have you tried an external card reader? I never mess with built-in readers myself so can't give any direct experience.

Woolburr wrote in post #9936262
Vista had an issue with that when it first came out, but it was corrected in SP1. Is your version of Vista up to date?

Yes.. I keep up to date.

tonylong wrote in post #9936263
Have you tried an external card reader? I never mess with built-in readers myself so can't give any direct experience.

Actually, the one thing I have not tried is using the external reader before I have the lockout problem, I have only tried it when the multi card reader had already failed. I should try that first and see if I have the same problem.