# Balena Etcher portable v. 1.5 102 windows not recognizing USB stick

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**Category:** balenaEtcher\
**Tags:** support\
**Created:** [August 12, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-etcher-portable-v-1-5-102-windows-not-recognizing-usb-stick/172277 "2020-08-12T08:33:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cobra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cobra](https://forums.balena.io/u/Cobra)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-etcher-portable-v-1-5-102-windows-not-recognizing-usb-stick/172277/1 "2020-08-12T08:33:51Z")

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Hi all,

I am trying to flash a Linux mint.iso with Etcher; but whenever I select the file, the USB stick is not available as a selection. Are there any reasons for this?

> Lexar USB Flash drive 32GB

PC Specs

> Intel Atom CPU N270 @ 1.6 GHZ

> 1GB Ram

> 32-bit OS

> Win-7 Pro

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**Author:** ![rcooke-warwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rcooke-warwick](https://forums.balena.io/u/rcooke-warwick)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-etcher-portable-v-1-5-102-windows-not-recognizing-usb-stick/172277/5 "2020-08-12T08:36:46Z")

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Hello,

- have you tried another USB drive?
- what version of etcher are you using?

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**Author:** ![Cobra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cobra](https://forums.balena.io/u/Cobra)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-etcher-portable-v-1-5-102-windows-not-recognizing-usb-stick/172277/7 "2020-08-12T15:22:26Z")

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I have not tried another USB drive; but what is the reason why my current USB drive will not work? I’m using version 1.5 102.

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**Author:** ![alexgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@alexgg](https://forums.balena.io/u/alexgg)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-etcher-portable-v-1-5-102-windows-not-recognizing-usb-stick/172277/9 "2020-08-12T15:32:05Z")

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Hi, is the USB drive appearing under the Windows Device Manager? Is it accessible for other applications like the file explorer?

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**Author:** ![Cobra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cobra](https://forums.balena.io/u/Cobra)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-etcher-portable-v-1-5-102-windows-not-recognizing-usb-stick/172277/10 "2020-08-12T16:34:06Z")

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The USB drive does appear under the Windows Device Manager and it is accessible for other applications.

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**Author:** ![alexgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@alexgg](https://forums.balena.io/u/alexgg)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-etcher-portable-v-1-5-102-windows-not-recognizing-usb-stick/172277/11 "2020-08-12T17:28:01Z")

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Hi, thanks for that information. Could you please check if there are additional logs?  
On Windows, press ctrl+shift+i, it will open a window called Developer Tools - select the console tab.

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**Author:** ![Cobra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cobra](https://forums.balena.io/u/Cobra)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/balena-etcher-portable-v-1-5-102-windows-not-recognizing-usb-stick/172277/13 "2020-08-13T01:45:28Z")

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I believe the program has issues with large storage USBs (anything more than 8GB) from what I have read from other complaints. So I tried another program and it solved my problem; but thanks for the responses.