Ok the frustration is going away. I did a quick reboot of the comp and stuck the flash drive in and dragged the folder of pictures (1.5gigs) onto the flash drive and released the button and there you have it. It finally worked.

Now I get to see if all of the pictures are there.
I wan to thank everyone for helping me out with this.
I know I have been annoying but it was worth it in the end for me.
I will make sure I keep that copy of Knoppix handy.