XP failing to recognize my flash drive on initial bootup

I have a 128 GB PNY flash drive, F, which I am using to store many programs and documents in view of my small hard drive and concerns about its durability. I am finding that on my initial bootup of the day that the system is not recognizing my PNY. I have to remove it and re-insert it. It's no use using safely Remove Hardware, because F doesn't show up there. When I reboot after doing this, then the system will recognize F.

I ran a chkdsk on F, and it found no problems. I have a 4 GB Lexar flash drive which the system always recognizes.

Operating System

Windows XP Home Edition 32-bit SP3

CPU

Intel Pentium 4

Northwood 0.13um Technology

RAM

2.00GB DDR @ 166MHz (2.5-3-3-7)

Motherboard

Dell Computer Corp. 0G1548 (Microprocessor)

Graphics

Default Monitor (1280x1024@60Hz)

Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller (Dell)

Storage

74GB Seagate ST380011A (ATA) 28 °C

3GB Lexar USB Flash Drive USB Device (USB)

119GB PNY USB 2.0 FD USB Device (USB)

Optical Drives

SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-252S

Audio

Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device

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