My memory stick drive seems to have a mind of its own.  Works sometimes and not at others.  I think when i first got my s170, the drive was fine, i can put in the memory stick and access it.  now(for the past few months), i seem to have to restart the computer to access it.  Very annoying.  This isnt the only sony with this problem.. my previous sony laptop was just the same.  :(

It’s a brand new Sony Memory stick.  But the problem persists independent to of the age of the memory stick.  I guess it could be the Reader malfunction but i thought it might be common issue because I had the exact problem with my previous VAIO. 

Anything I can do??  I’ll try reinstalling the drivers…