I have a linux based laptop at my parents house, so I can try it later this week. I doubt it does any good, I read that when flash drives fill up, they sometimes delete files to make room.
For now it's back to square one. A shame as I was almost finished.
It wasn't full it was just close to capacity. Which is why I had other parts of my research on the other USB drive. I didn't save anything in my Department's lab because it just go re-done and all the virtual drives were having issues.
At least I have all my raw data. It's nothing I can't finish by the end of the semester. I just have 20 hours of data entry ahead of me.