I've just ran these 2 test programs on the drive:BillG wrote:On the evidence you have supplied I think your problem is simply a faulty USB drive. It all points do hardware failures on the physical device.
http://download.cnet.com/USB-Flash-Driv ... 10585.html
http://usbmst.sourceforge.net/
Neither found any errors. I know that's not conclusive, but it's surely significant evidence to the contrary.