Weird problems with a SanDisk 256 MB Flash drive

[AceHigh1234]

A client of mine purchased a sandisk because I had one, and his daughter has been using it for school and some wierd things have been happening. For one thing, she has a few files that won't delete from the disk, giving the error message "Can not read from the source file or disk" The file names are assumeva.ind, EATETROF.ile and a few others. Also, apparently some files will be saved to the flash drive and will then not be there when accessed later. Anyone heard of this or have any ideas?

 

[temporello]

Either the FAT is corrupted or the device itself is faulty...
Try to format the drive!

 

[micker377]

These files could also be audio (IPod?) or video (camera) files. Where did she get these files? If they are (other) files, they probably need the recording device to recognize.

 

[garebo]

In addition to what micker377 is saying, sometimes you have to go to one specific program that will be installed on your pc. In that program those files will have meaning.


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