When you empty your Trash while the USB flash drive is connected to your computer, macOS automatically deletes all files in the drive's .TRASHES folder. How do I find the TRASHES folder on my USB flash drive? In macOS, you can see the .TRASHES folder by pressing CMD + SHIFT + . to...
Use Windows to format the drive ExFAT. This is not the first time the MacBook Air has trashed a drive that Windows had to repair. The Seagate is actually a replacement for a drive the Mac had made me distrust -- though now I think that Monterey was the problem, not the drive. I...