cannot format a thumb drive ANY MORE

I CAN NOT use any thumb drive at all now I have upgraded to 11.04 . . I put stuff on it using 10.10 and now I can not get the files to copy to any where on the computer keeps saying I do not have the permissions . . I can not change any permission on any file or format the thumb drive WHY ? Also now it is USB0 not the name of the drive ! WTF gives ?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-disk-utility 2.32.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-13.55-generic-pae 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-13-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: cebc7150432fbcabb37378e0760ab495
CheckboxSystem: 2954e74ba17fb0e37fc942cd1d9fab4e
Date: Wed Feb 15 22:04:56 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/palimpsest
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2012-02-12 (3 days ago)