Help! Getting error "The file could not be written" when exporting

When I attempt to export a group of approximately 50 photos from LR4, a window opens at the end of the process saying "The file could not be written" along with a list of approximately 10-15 NEF file names. I have never had a problem exporting before, but I recently started storing my LR catalog and files on an external USB 3.0 drive. I'm looking for any suggestions!
Here are the details:
LR4 with latest updates
Win 7 with latest updates
LR catalog and photo files stored on external USB 3.0 G: drive
Trying to export to a folder on my desktop on C: drive (46GB free out of 134GB, solid state drive)
LR files are NEF, exported files are JPG
I've tried to export to the same group of photos multiple times with different names and different output file sizes (8MB, 5MB, 2MB). Each time the list of failures is different.
Some of the thumbnails which appear in Windows Explorer are corrupted (part of the thumbnail is gray)
When I try to export the same group of photos to the external USB 3.0, it works perfectly!
Here is an example of one of the LR log files:
The file could not be written. (17)
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1915.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1918.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1919.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1939.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1948.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1958.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1961.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1964.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1968.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1971.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1972.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1973.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1978.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1983.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1986.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1989.NEF
    G:\2013\Stratton and Colorado\2013\2013-06-23\_D7K1990.NEF

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