USB Flash Boot Drive

I created a USB flash drive a few months ago to assist in imaging Surface Pro 3 Tablets and that flash drive is working great. Today I am trying to create a second flash drive and it will not see any Task Sequences and just errors out. I have created both
of them identically, same setting, same boot image, same user account, same brand/type flash drive (tried two different drives), yet the newer one will not see the advertised task sequences and just comes up as failed just before I am able to choose the Task
Sequence. If I boot the tablet with the older created USB drive it works perfectly then power off and reboot with the new one and it will not see the advertisements...?  We are an HTTP environment and I am choosing Create Task Sequence
Media | Bootable Media | Dynamic media | USB Flash Drive | no Password | Cert Date are default (Today through one year from now) | Boot image is the same one that I always use | DP same | MP Same | no prestart commands.
Any thoughts?

Ok thank for your replies, I saw them this morning but have not sat at my desk until now.... one of those days.  So I am not sure why, don't have the time to investigate, but the 'Dynamic Media' option is no longer working however I am and to create
a USB Stick as 'Site-based Media' and that is working for me.  Dynamic used to work and for some reason it broke.  I appreciate the replies and when I get time I will look at those log but wanted to reply so you don't think i forgot ;)

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