Certain songs won't transfer to USB flash device

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Has anyone noticed that specific MP3 or WMA files refuse to be copied to a
USB flash device? In my case it's on a USB 1.0 connection with a device
rated for 2.0 (clue in that?). It seems there's some flaw in the file
architecture preventing a smooth transfer. After a failed transfer, the
flash drive has to be "unplugged" in the Taskbar Tray and reinserted, or
its contents appear empty.

I'd say one of every 150 to 200 CD tracks I've ripped has this problem, and
I use digital error correction with WMP or EAC. I have also encountered it
in a few downloads of outside origin.

Re-ripping and compressing the same track fixes it in every case so far.
What sort of random data "chunk" would crash a USB flash drive? These
"corrupt" files play fine from the hard drive.

Jack
 
USB connection speed of 1.0, 1.1 or 2.0 should not cause this.
You state that you "copied" the music files to the USB flash drive (?).
Ripping them using WMP or EAC sometimes has this effect. Instead
of ripping to the flash drive, try to "drag&drop" them using Windows
Explorer which is the most preferred way by many users. You can
batch transfer them, like about 10 at a time.
 
USB connection speed of 1.0, 1.1 or 2.0 should not cause this.
You state that you "copied" the music files to the USB flash drive (?).
Ripping them using WMP or EAC sometimes has this effect. Instead
of ripping to the flash drive, try to "drag&drop" them using Windows
Explorer which is the most preferred way by many users. You can
batch transfer them, like about 10 at a time.
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I have always ripped them to the HD, then copied (not ripped) them to the
flash drive. It's slower to rip directly to a flash drive, plus I need to
back them up to an external HD.

There seems to be something about the internal structure of these files
that the USB device "doesn't like." Rebooting and trying again gives the
same problem so I doubt it's a RAM error loop or whatever.

Since re-ripping the tracks has fixed it in all cases, I need to run both
versions of the files through a good comparator app. The byte counts are
exactly the same. The puzzlement is that they transfer fine to anything but
a USB flash drive. It happens with 3 different brands of flash drive, so
it's hard to pin it on anything but the files themselves.

Jack
 
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