Quote Originally Posted by mcaycedo
Try to boot another machine with Knoppix and conncet the USB drive there. I have had many USB dispositives.

1 Usb 1.0 64 mb thumb disk Cigarr Pro, work flawlessly
1 Usb 2.0 128 mb thumb disk Apacer, no way in Linux
1 Usb 2.0 256 mb thumb disk gneric, no way in Linux (appears in the desktop but the system was unable to read it)
1 Usb 1.0 IDE enclosure generic, no way in linux
1 Usb 2.0 IDE enclosure generic, work flawlessly

So, is a tricky task. Some USB work without a glitch, another need more work
aha i never thought it could be the usb drive itself... its a bytestor 128mb usb 2 i suspect by the build quality that it's at the lower end of the market... will try on my dad's machine and then get my muvo back from my brother and try that one too. thanks for the tip.