[jacobston]

Once upon a time I had a 16GB USB key...

It wasn't very expensive, I only got it for $10 at Wal-Mart. I used it for more than two years and got more than my money's worth out of using it. Then, sadly, about 3 months ago it came up with a Write Protection error. I tried what I could to fix it, I scanned it multiple times with Avast! and Malwarebytes, but nothing was found. I decided to copy what I could off of it and just get a new USB key, but when I came across the folder with my Videos and scripts, all of the contents were corrupted, all with jibberish names and un-openable.

So I got a new USB key from the local computer store. This one was still 16GB, and a lovely color green. I put the files from my old USB key on it (the good ones) and carried on with my life... Until about a week ago. I was working late at night and went to take the USB key from my laptop to my PC, when it gave me an I/O write error, and would not open. I have looked online for solutions but came up with nothing that works.

So my question is, are the two problems related?
And (a long-shot) is there a way to fix the new USB key?

Thanks in advance to anybody who can help