Thanks!
Did you have a particular reason for using the VDIP1?
nope. XD I think there might have been more information on the internet at the time regarding the VDIP1, but I'm not sure.
I've seen a lot of SD card projects, but the datalogger wasn't for me and the flashdrive was considered more user-friendly. I wish I had gone with it now, but it's no big deal. I guess if I ever use USB storage in a future project I'll go with the VDRIVE2.
I'd actually like to clarify, once I found a bit of code that worked, it was very consistent as long as you gave it adequate time to boot up (which varies for some reason). It was just getting the code to work and then adapting it to my project that took a lot of effort. Sometimes it seemed like making a change in the code completely unrelated to the flash drive would cause it to lock up and I'd have to go through the process of unplugging power, transfer the flashdrive to the computer, look and see if it worked, and then reverse it all.
Thanks again!