Mac OS X 10.6.7 (Error code -35)

[PrisonLove]

Hey,

I'm trying to erase files off of my 2GB Kingston Data Traveler flash drive that I use with my Macbook Pro (2007 or 2008 model, not sure which) and I get the message:

"The operation can’t be completed because one or more required items can’t be found.
(Error code -35)"

The files have strange names and I haven't seen them on my flash drive before. I suspect their files that have been corrupted, but I can figure out what they may have been. The file names that I wish to delete are:

0Â
10.ÂÁ (this and the one above are one file, apparently the name somehow has a return carriage in it)

0Â?18.
0‚

10Â?1.8
0


FFFF??.
0‚

If I had to guess at what they were, they should either be Eclipse projects I needed for my Computer Vision class, or they would be the OpenCV Library and some affiliated files, which I also needed for that class. I deleted these files off of my Macbook and forgot to do so with the Kingston, could this be the cause? I just want these files off of my flash drive. What does these error mean and how do I delete these files?

 

[sqrage]

Would formatting the drive be OK? (Means everything will be wiped)

Go to applications and find something like disk utility and you can format the drive from there.

 

[PrisonLove]

I would greatly prefer not to, and I also didn't know you could format flash drives. Would doing so make it only compatible with Macs? If so then I definitely don't want to do that.

Just a bit more info, when I I try to delete the files using a Windows Computer I get this error Message:
"Cannot delte file: cannot read from the source file or disk."

Also, on the windows machine there are only two files and the names are different:
0?
10.?? (once again, this and the above are one file with a return carriage in the name)

and

0?ü18.0é

Anybody have any idea what's going on or how to fix it?

Edit: the file names didn't come out correctly, there are a bunch of boxes instead of '?'

 

[sqrage]

Depends on what filesystem you format is as. Fat32 is compatible with both Windows and Mac.

 

[Slapshot136]

+1 to format, get everything you want off of it, then format it - it won't be mac-only if you choose fat 32