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That's an excellent question. And I'm glad you asked.
On the one hand, I must have had USB on the brain from the start as I had just finished working on a USB thread.
On the other hand, when I asked the OP to check if those 3 USB storage driver files exist. The answer should have been "Yes, all the files are there". But the answer came back "No". So, either the answer was incorrect or there's more then one problem here.
Also evidenced by a flash drive didn't install. The driveclean tool uninstalls driver references from the registry. It only deletes registry keys. It doesn't delete files.
Perhaps the OP could clarify? In any case, attempting a System Restore is still a good thing to try.
Last edited by ComputerGeek; 11 Apr 2014 at 20:34. Reason: Corrected a sentence that was an error and confusing