Rekord box corrupting usb flash drives

Hi, So i decided to get rekordbox along with a brand new kingston data traveller 64gb usb stick, after installing the programme and analysing my collection i proceeded to export my playlists to the usb stick, however the stick kept un-mounting itself at various points, i tried this about 4 times until the last time where the message "disk cannot be read" came up, after reading through some forums and trying to reformat the usb it seemed the usb had been totally corrupted and was no longer usable, at this point i thought that the usb drive had been sent to me corrupt. So i bought a brand new lacie rugged key 32gb usb. when i exported the playlists everything went fine, i took it to a gig and during spound check the cdj900's read the files perfectly, later on in the evening when my actual set was about to begin the cdj no longer was able to read the usb. i went home and uninstalled rekordbox, reinstalled it, reanalysed my collection, reformatted the drive and re-exported the playlists, however a week or so later (yesterday) i tried to sync the usb with rekordbox to update some files and the same message "disk could not be read" popped up, i again tried a secure erase / reformat it but now my disk utility is not acknowledging the usb. I thought that the issue was the usb's but it can't be as they were both brand new and good quality ones, can anyone help me and tell me why this is happening, the usb's have cost me just under £100 quid now.

i have a macbook pro late 2013 dual core i7, i am running the latest version of rekordbox, and i have also checked all my song files for corruption, they are all 100% fine, any help as to why this is happening would be greatly appreciated.

dread steppa March 18, 2014 17:56

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0) Have you read the "READ ME FIRST" thread in its entirety before posting: Yes

1) Operating System: OSX 10.9.2

2) OS Type: 32bit

3) Rekordbox version: 2.2.4

4) Using LINK: Yes

4a) LINK Connection method: CDJ NXS to CDJ NXS

4b) Using with CDJs: Yes

5) Hard drive / Flash drive / SD card file system: flash drive lacie rugged key 32gb FAT32 / Kingston data traveller 64gb FAT32

5a) Does the device have multiple partitions: No

5b) If it's a flash drive, is it a U3 device:rugged key is usb 3/ kingston data traveller is usb 2

5c) With what utility did you format the device: OSX Disc Utility

6) Have you scanned your files for errors: Yes

7) Have you scanned your drive for errors: Yes

8) Is Rekordbox crashing at all: yes

8a) If crashing, is it resulting in: it happens when i replug the usb and try to sync

8b) If not crashing, are there any error messages: usb is corrupted cannot be read

9) Are you able to repeat / reproduce the problem: Yes

9a) If yes, can you do it consistently: Yes

dread steppa March 24, 2014 09:41 0 votes

The same exact thing is happening to me with several different 32gig USB sticks!

Jim Slaton March 24, 2015 07:21 0 votes

Have you tried formatting it OS X journaled and re-export?

BriChi March 24, 2015 13:17 0 votes

It's imperative that you eject your drive before removing them from the player or your computer in order to avoid data corruption. rekordbox itself would not corrupt your drive's partition table to the point where it won't mount or be recognized by the Disk Utility.

Check this video for proper formatting technique on OS X:

And while you're at it, I recommend updating rekordbox to 3.2.

Pulse March 24, 2015 16:34 0 votes