Amazon France - just after Christmas. I too have been using Toshiba USB drives for years without trouble. I also found another 64G drive I had been using had the same fault so I dont blame the Toshiba. It must have been the zgemma, a mains spike or me being too clumsy when rebooting. Since I browse and control from my laptop I will be more careful in future.where did you get the toshiba from? I've been using the same one for years without an issue.