Writing to USB key

[Jeff Waugh]

<quote who="Thomas Beckett">

> I have 1 USB 1 key that works fine and my muvo also works just fine, but I
> also have a Sony 256MB USB2 key. When I plug it in it is detected fine
> (icon shows on desktop and I can open a nautilus window) but when I open
> it the files are not listed at all and when I try to write something to
> it, say copying a folder across to it. It seems to copy - the copy box
> disappears without any errors at all. But when i look again, the directory
> listing is still blank. I booted up my girlfriends windows laptop and I
> can see i directory tree full of files and folders on it, the strange
> thing is that the folder HAS been created but the files have not copied
> across into it, just the folder created.

Are you just pulling it out of the socket, or are you unmounting it (right
click on the drive icon)?

- Jeff

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