How do I get Windows XP to forget about a flash drive and treat is as new hardware?

[Mr Bitout]

I would like Windows XP to forget about one of my flash drives so that when it is next plugged in, it is treated as new hardware that hasn't been on the machine before.
I meant 'it' not 'is':
How do I get Windows XP to forget about a flash drive and treat it as new hardware?

[Mr Sheethouse]

Always plug t into the same usb port or else windows will have to reload the drivers..thats where you see found new hardware

[marcus]

Try a system restore to a point before you first used it.

[Chrisy D]

Unplug Your Flash Drive Then Do A check Disc Scan Should Sort It After rebooting it should find new hardware(If You Have A little icon In Your right hand tray safely remove hardware left click and see if it is there and uninstall from there

[zer0tux]

Plug the USB drive into the computer and do the following:

Right click on My Computer and click Manage
Click on "Device Manager"
Under "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" find the USB flash drive, right click on it and click "Uninstall"

Once it has uninstalled, take out the USB flash drive and put it back in again

[Denon W]

Try unistalling the device driver from 'Device Manager'

Right click My Computer > Properties > Device Manager

Find device > Right Click > Uninstall

Reinstall