128MB flash drive has no files on it but says there is only 18MB free??

I plugged in my 128MB flash drive and deleted all the files off of it. When I put it in the USB port and open it, no files are there (as expected) but it tells me there is only 17.8MB of free space. Are there files I cannot see?

There might be a simpler way, particularly since this is such a small capacity drive, and you'll run out of space fairly often. This way, you can delete only the files you want to.
Next time, before you delete a file off this drive, note the space available in finder. Now delete the file. You'll probably see that the space available stays the same.
Now empty the trash, just the main trash folder, not something special on the drive. You'll probably see the space available on the external drive go up. Your old files were "deleted" from the file structure, and not showing, but they're still there until you empty the trash. At least, that's how it works on my Macs. It may be possible to set it up differently.

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128MB flash drive has no files on it but says there is only 18MB free??

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