FlASH DRIVE RECOGNIZED BY TWO OF THREE COMPUTERS

Have a new Transcend flash drive. I have three computers: 1 with Windows X and two with Windows 8. The one with Windows X and one of the ones with Windows 8 (a notebook) recognizes the flash drive. But the towers desktop with Windows 8
does not. What to do? (The computer that will not recognize this flash drive recognized everything else, including other flash drives.)

Answers to the questions by Olaf: I tried other USB ports. No different! No, the SSD does not show up in the Device Manager or the Disk Management Console. No, Windows does not attempt to install a driver! No, there is no security
suite installed with that configuration!
I have decided that the best answer is to take the damn SSD and either throw it away or use it in other computers only, where it works just fine. (PS. I bought two more SSD's on sale. They, work just fine in all three computers.)
Final PS: Thank you, Olaf. And greetings to you from the United States.
Bigclyde
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