I went to ‘My Computer’ and right-clicked to scan with Norton Internet Security (my trusted antivirus tool, though these free antivirus software would work as well). Maybe it was a bad virus that had infected the pen drive. But the USB drive was only at 25% capacity. The first thing that struck me was that since more data was not getting stored on the pen drive, the maximum storage capacity must have been reached. Here is a comparison of the corrupted new folder on the left and the way a normal new folder displays in Window Vista. When I tried creating a new folder, it did manage to create some corrupted folder, which would not open, nor could it be deleted. I could easily transfer data from the USB drive to the computer (So I transferred all data, just in case all data got corrupted by my experiments – always back up your data, ALWAYS while it is still working). All my files were listed well and could be opened. I used the “ Safely remove hardware” option, stopped the flash drive, reinserted it into the USB port. Here is my step-wise story of what I did, and maybe you can try this too … Safely remove hardware Most people suggested some FAT to NTFS problem, something about not correctly formatting your disk when used the first time, fake pen drives (standard tech support answer) and the ultimate (and simplest) solution to format your disc and erase all data. I googled some forums for support and the problem was not uncommon. I had shared my experience with fixing flash drive errors earlier, but I was determined to try all means to figure out what went wrong before I would format the pen drive (and all data is deleted forever!). Here is my experience in fixing the error… Testing USB Flash Drive I used a 2GB Transcend USB Flash drive to store my office data. An alert popped up with Error 0X80070052: the directory or file can not be created as I tried to copy data from my Computer to USB stick.
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