UPDATE (SOLVED... Sorta) - I'm so confused. I managed to get the reader to read from the card and now successfully offloaded all the data from there.
Now, the reason I am confused is why on earth did this work? Check this out: I put the Komputerbay card back into the reader and the USB 2.0 cable was connected to my powered 5D MkIII (strictly convenient, not intentional). Lightroom loaded automatically due to the photos that are currently in the SD card that is inside the 5D. From looking at Lightroom, I noticed that Komputerbay was being read by Lightroom (even though lightroom cannot read MLV files). Just for the heck of it, I right clicked on the CF Reader drive in lightroom and selected "Open in Explorer". Lightroom then opened explorer and revealed all the MLV files within the Komputerbay Card as expected. Now, in hope that somehow Lightroom can trigger something within the reader so it can access the Lexar Card or even trick explorer to look at the device differently, I replaced the Komputerbay Card with the Lexar Card. When this was done, I was, somehow, within the DCIM menu which was something I was unable to do. So from there I crossed my fingers and selected the Open in Explorer option and behold... I can access the card!! From that point I offloaded all the data from the card like no tomorrow.
Now seriously, WTH is that all about because it really makes no sense?!
For now, I think I won't be using my Lexar card for anything major anymore but I will be conducting some more test. Question is, how to truly test the card inside and out to see whether it's really on the way out or not? There must be some way to truly test it.
Now, the reason I am confused is why on earth did this work? Check this out: I put the Komputerbay card back into the reader and the USB 2.0 cable was connected to my powered 5D MkIII (strictly convenient, not intentional). Lightroom loaded automatically due to the photos that are currently in the SD card that is inside the 5D. From looking at Lightroom, I noticed that Komputerbay was being read by Lightroom (even though lightroom cannot read MLV files). Just for the heck of it, I right clicked on the CF Reader drive in lightroom and selected "Open in Explorer". Lightroom then opened explorer and revealed all the MLV files within the Komputerbay Card as expected. Now, in hope that somehow Lightroom can trigger something within the reader so it can access the Lexar Card or even trick explorer to look at the device differently, I replaced the Komputerbay Card with the Lexar Card. When this was done, I was, somehow, within the DCIM menu which was something I was unable to do. So from there I crossed my fingers and selected the Open in Explorer option and behold... I can access the card!! From that point I offloaded all the data from the card like no tomorrow.
Now seriously, WTH is that all about because it really makes no sense?!
For now, I think I won't be using my Lexar card for anything major anymore but I will be conducting some more test. Question is, how to truly test the card inside and out to see whether it's really on the way out or not? There must be some way to truly test it.