I frequently have to erase and restore my new flash drive

I am having a problem with my new flashdrive. I got it cause I accidentally fried my old one (the computer didnt fry it, its a long story). First problem I had was when i plugged it in, It didnt show up, not even in disk utility. Eventually it did (only in disk utility) on a different computer and I was able to restore the flash drive. Then it would show up on the desktop of my other laptop (both are mac's, one is a 2007 macbook pro (the laptop isnt the problem, dont judge it by its age it works like new) and the one i got it to show up on is a 2011 macbook pro (I think?)). Anyway, now it showed up on my 2007 macbook pro. I unplugged it (ejected it first) and then later plugged it back in. It wouldn't show up on desktop but it did this time in disk utility and had to erase and repair it. then it showed up. I unplugged it, plugged it back in, it showed up. sometime later, I plugged it in again and same thing. erase and repair. I have no idea why this is happening, I didnt lose anything i didnt have on the drive cause it was on my computer, but obviously i cant have this keep happening if I have irreplacable data on it. Please help me! By the way the 2007 macbook pro is running lion but the other macbook pro is running mavericks. Thank You!

Try a Restart.
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red "slide to power off" slider appears, and then slide the slider. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
Resetting your settings
You can also try resetting all settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings. You will have to enter all of your device settings again.... All of the settings in the settings app will have to be re-entered. You won't lose any data, but it takes time to enter all of the settings again.
Resetting your device
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Apple recommends this only if you are unable to restart it.
Or if this doesn't work and nobody else on the blog doesn't have a better idea you can contact Apple.
Here is a link to their contacts with most of the information below.
http://www.apple.com/contact/

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972
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     Device                                       iOS Verson
iPhone 1                                      iOS 3.1.3
iPhone 3G                                   iOS 4.2.1
iPhone 3GS                                 iOS 6.1.x
iPhone 4                                      iOS 6.1.x
iPhone 4S                                    iOS 6.1.x
iPhone 5                                      iOS 6.1.x
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iPod Touch 2                               iOS 4.2.1
iPod Touch 3                               iOS 5.1.1
iPod Touch 4                               iOS 6.1.x
iPod Touch 5                               iOS 6.1.x
iPad 1                                          iOS 5.1.1
iPad 2                                          iOS 6.1.x
iPad 3                                          iOS 6.1.x
iPad 4                                          iOS 6.1.x
iPad Mini                                     iOS 6.1.x
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Scott Hughes wrote:
Thanks for the help. Got the drive erased at least think I did (it was quick).
Did you reformat it? (and yes, it's quick). If the shop put the wrong partition map scheme or format on it, that could explain what you're seeing.
And let me be sure I understand: Your Mac was running Leopard, and the shop installed Snow Leopard, right?
And the 10.5.4 disc you're using is either the one that came with that Mac (gray), or a retail Leopard disc (black) that you purchased later?
*EDIT: If either of those is wrong, stop now and post back*
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and when I start it from the disk, it still tells me that the disk cannot be installed on the computer.
Which disk is that, your Leopard Install disc or the internal HD? Do you get that when you start up (ie, never see the select your language, etc), or when you select +Restore System from Backup?+
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