How to delete bizarre files off flash drive?

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I was dragged a URL from the address bar of my browser onto my 4GB OCZ flash drive, but then something odd happened. Somehow this one bookmark split into six other files and a folder, all with bizarre names (n3zo, `+$ngn, etc.). When I try to delete these weird files I get a warning message that says "Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk."

I have run my anti-virus software on the OCZ drive several times and it tells me there are no viruses. I even ran my spyware tools and had them scan the flash drive, but came up clean there, too. I was able to save the bookmark again (I put them in their own folder on the flash drive) without any problems.

If anyone has any idea about this weird problem or suggestions on how to get this bizarre file off my flash drive I would appreciate the help.

Thanks.
 
I already thought about reformatting it, but it's not a floppy disc. It's a flash drive and it was not cheap. I don't want to ruin it.
 
reformatting wont damage it
have done a defrag on it yet?
 
I went and asked this same question at the OCZ support forums and they said I could safely reformat the drive using Windows (right-click drive choose "Format"). I didn't need to do it though because I fixed the problem last night - I rebooted in safe mode and was able to delete the files off the flash drive.
 
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