Flash DRIVE (16 GB from Toshiba PA3875A-1MAB) not to message format

A few months ago, I bought two disks USB 16 GB with the intention to use as a convenient medium for some data files for me and my wife on separate PCs, which were all two Dell Windows XP desktops. I used my drive a few times, thinking that everything was OK, until one day I found a few files and folders were not available with total waste (file names and files were mixed symbols rather than normal alpha characters as those used).

Disaster with our two PC begins to fail, so it became essential for backup to other media as quickly as possible and start hunting for parts replacement. We decided on HP with Windows 7 64-bit desktop computers, using i5 and i7 processors. After several weeks of frustration, (HP don't bother can you tell what software comes with your machine, or why do I get a few accessories while flying over odd) almost all perephirals - scanners, printers - have been replaced or later drivers downloaded and installed, put the subject of this post in low priority.

However, I have now connected my USB drives and received the usual Windows message that "software successfully installed device driver. Your device is ready to use. So far so good. The drive is illustrated perfectly in Windows Explorer, but when I click on the drive, I get the dreaded message 'you must format the disk L: drive until you can use it. You want to format? »

Never having had such a message with a USB drive before and high on the premise that formatting a drive is a last resort to avoid at all costs, I tried to see what would reveal the Properties Windows Me. Low and behold, on the Hardware tab, I was informed that "this device works properly! But the general tab also tells me that the drive has used 0 and 0 free. I am informed as reliable file system is "FAT".

I tried to put the discs in different USB ports, and the same messages to arrive. All my other readers USB of various brands and sizes of work without a hitch in one of the USB ports.

I connected the player to my old laptop Windows XP, and the reader is immediately apparent in Windows Explorer, without any notification of drivers being installed. However, by clicking on the disc causes a Windows message "is not formatted the disk in drive F: - do you want to format it now? Properties tell me the file system is 'RAW', and of course it says that the device is functioning properly.

I didn't need to recover the data on the USB, as I have several other modes of backup I use (redundancy is a very good thing when it goes wrong), but I would be very interested to learn that everyone has experienced the same thing, and they have done about it. If I select 'Format' which system use (if an option)-I read that FAT32 is good for drives up to 4 GB, but after that NTFS is the best option. I am also aware that the reader had initially been partitioned with Toshiba technology 'Lock', and that formatting will erase all of this. Site Web de Toshiba makes no mention of this question (that I could find after a thorough search).

Or do I just use USB drives to my dealer and tell them that they do not work correctly and claim my warranty? Probably the least hassle for me, unless Toshiba want to assert that this is a normal operation of their product and charge me for the privilege.

All constructive responses would be very appreciated.

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