Help formatting a usb jump drive

I am running Vista Ultimate 64 and am trying to use a 8gb flash drive (fat
32) with some files on it. It is seen by other vista and xp machines but when
I put it in my laptop (Vista Ultimate 64) it says that it needs to be
formatted, so I try that and it says that the format was unsuccessful. I have
tried several times to format it with no success. I have to put it in a
different computer and format it and put data on it again. Is there a setting
or something that I need to change so that I can use the usb drive on the
laptop?

Thanks.