HardcoreAK

When I connect my Droid, (A854 on ACS Alaska network) to my PC, WinVista, x64 I get the connection to the motohelper, and it seems to see the phone, but stalls at the "connecting device" screen. I try to mount the card, and such, the MML program, doesnt recognize the phone and sits the for a long time, before just saying "cant connect"

Firmware: 2.1 update1
Baseband Version: C_01.07.00R
Kernel Version: 2.6.29-omap1
dcn637@zch45lnxdroid24#1
Build Number
MILER_X1_00.26.1

I did a factory reset
I formatted the SD card

I cant move any files, when I do get a window, it says "please insert a disk into drive:F"

I tried a different SD card

Still no worky

Any and all Help is much appreciated. I wanted to root the unit, but I cant move any files, or get anything to work?