USB Hardrive won't format

I purchased an I/O Magic 40Gb USB portable storage device. Whe I plugged it in the first time, my computer recognized it, but I wanted to reformat it to give it a different name other than "Untitled." However, Disk Utility failed to be able to erase it--the program would go unresponsive almost immediately.
I tried to install it on my work PC to format it that way, as Macs can read PC formated drives, but while my PC recognized that a "Mass USB Storage Device" was connected to my computer, I could not access it in any way.
A friend of mine then tried to use Dik Warrior to format the drive, and ran into the same problems. Before I get frustrated and return the thing, I'd like to try one more thing:
Using Terminal to format the drive.
Any thoughts?

Sounds to me like a defective device. Return it or at least contact the manufacturer for advise. You might also find some troubleshooting tips on the device manufacturor's web site.

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Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
Date: 7/16/2014 1:12:13 AM
Event ID: 10016
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
Description:
The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Launch permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{7022A3B3-D004-4F52-AF11-E9E987FEE25F}
and APPID
{ADA41B3C-C6FD-4A08-8CC1-D6EFDE67BE7D}
to the user personsPC\personsname SID (S-1-5-21-2541327983-389364735-1342229692-1001) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component
Services administrative tool.
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< Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM" Guid="{1B562E86-B7AA-4131-BADC-B6F3A001407E}" EventSourceName="DCOM" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">10016</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-07-16T05:12:13.613459900Z" />
<EventRecordID>39143</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="880" ThreadID="932" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>PersonsPC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-21-2541327983-389364735-1342229692-1001" />
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Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM
Date: 7/16/2014 1:12:13 AM
Event ID: 10016
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
Description:
The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Launch permission for the COM Server application with CLSID
{7022A3B3-D004-4F52-AF11-E9E987FEE25F}
and APPID
{ADA41B3C-C6FD-4A08-8CC1-D6EFDE67BE7D}
to the user personsPC\personsname SID (S-1-5-21-2541327983-389364735-1342229692-1001) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component
Services administrative tool.
Event Xml:
< Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-DistributedCOM" Guid="{1B562E86-B7AA-4131-BADC-B6F3A001407E}" EventSourceName="DCOM" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">10016</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-07-16T05:12:13.613459900Z" />
<EventRecordID>39143</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="880" ThreadID="932" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>PersonsPC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-21-2541327983-389364735-1342229692-1001" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">application-specific</Data>
<Data Name="param2">Local</Data>
<Data Name="param3">Launch</Data>
<Data Name="param4">{7022A3B3-D004-4F52-AF11-E9E987FEE25F}</Data>
<Data Name="param5">{ADA41B3C-C6FD-4A08-8CC1-D6EFDE67BE7D}</Data>
<Data Name="param6">PersonsPC</Data>
<Data Name="param7">PersonsName</Data>
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<Data Name="param9">LocalHost (Using LRPC)</Data>
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<Data Name="param11">Unavailable</Data>
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< /Event>
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Event ID 10016 — COM Security Policy Configuration
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc726313(v=ws.10).aspx
For your question about which package create the recorder in CBS, you can try Robert's suggestions.
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2008/04/23/understanding-component-based-servicing.aspx
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