Kern> 3. Run read/write disk tests on your USB disk (note: this will
Kern> destroy any existing data). 

This isn't quite right.  You can run read-write tests on a quiescent
filesystem (ie unmounted) without problems:

  badblocks -svn /dev/sd?

will scan the entire disk using non-destructive read-write mode.  But
as Kern said, check your logs as well.

John

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