Are you running as the Administrator here? It looks like a permissions issue.
> and when connecting the ch2 its glows green then red then nothing.
That's a good sign :)
> I have made sure im using usb 2.0 ports to avoid issues.
Are you able to try a Fedora Live CD or another Linux distro? The USB
media has some issues on some hardware, and a LiveCD might work better
if you have DVD reader hardware.
Richard