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VMware Esxi crash

In the past 3 months, this has happened twice and I need to know if I have something configured incorrectly.
Esxi 4.1 running on Server 2008 box with 3 guests (VM's).   Due to a storm our power went off and we have the server on a UPS so it can shutdown gracefully.   The other servers on the same UPS work fine.   But on the console for Esxi, we get an error:   PANIC:  error reading file -3 s.z and after researching I found I had to boot from the CD and do a repair.   Then we have to add back datastore to inventory, add the license key again, reassign the correct IP, etc.
So, I learned how to recover from this, but why does it become corrupt after a power outage.  Once we repair Esxi etc...we are good to go.
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How have you installed ESXi?


It's possible it's causing a write issue, and causing corruption to ther bootbank - where the ESXi files are stored to boot the server.
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Installed with the Esxi CD to a drive called Kingston Drive on the box
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hanccocka

Ok...I am really green in this area.    

The FlashDrive (Kingston)  is installed inside the machine for the live version of Esxi to run from.
I would investigate and use a new flash drive. (PNY/SanDisk), it could be a faulty unit.