Windows: USB Stick: Device Not Recognized / Unknown Device in Windows 7/8/10

[Mihai]

Cause: Most probably the USB stick was physically removed from the USB port without applying the unmount or eject function ( FROM THE WINDOWS OPERATING SYSTEM ).
This phenomenon can cause the stick's functionality to be ineffective on Linux-type operating systems as well. The actual error in the Linux operating system is:

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usb device not accepting address 15, error -62
unable to enumerate USB device

Solution: Boot into a Windows operating system (I personally used Windows 10).
The USB stick is inserted (a message will appear in the lower right corner that the stick is not recognized). Open the command prompt ( cmd ) in the Windows operating system with administrator rights.
Execute the command

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chkdsk /f

and the Y key is pressed, to authorize the disk scan at the next operating system restart. The operating system is restarted. At the next restart of the operating system, you will see the message: windows is scanning and repairing drive. After it reaches 100%, the operating system will automatically restart once more.

Note: Since the problem was caused by the Windows operating system, it can only be solved by a Windows operating system.