I'm new to Linux too

So I've got a LiveCD - d/l yesterday so I guess it's up to date.

I'm running it on a work HP, very standard config and transferring data to it via USB CF card reader. However the mounted volumes - hard disk drive and usb card - often appear empty. A reboot can solve this.

Also when I removed the card, added some stuff on a Windows box and returned the cf card, the new files don't show up? The card is formatted as Fat32 so that shouldn't be an issue.

Thanks for any suggestions.