One day when I wanted to check the files on my flash card and there was nothing there? Could This be a sign that this Sandisc boot media maybe starting to fault? The only way to get the files back was to reboot and reinit                                                                

2 hours ago, opentoe said:

One day when I wanted to check the files on my flash card and there was nothing there? Could This be a sign that this Sandisc boot media maybe starting to fault? The only way to get the files back was to reboot and reinit   

 

It could be but then I would expect you not to be able to write anything to the flash drive even when not using Unraid and I assume by reinit you meant rewrite its contents?

 

Another possibility is a malicious actor.  Do you have the flash drive set up to be visible on your local network?  Do you have remote access to Unraid set up without using a VPN link  which is normally a bad idea  - using built-in WireGuard instead is the recommended approach?

I have 0 access to my network from the outside, except for my Plex server which is not running on unraid. It is an old and original Sandisc flash stick I've had for a very long time. I may have to switch it out for a new one.