# Broken usb drive

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/broken-usb-drive/369007>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 26, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/broken-usb-drive/369007 "2023-09-26T16:34:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Zakawaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a6a055/32.png) [@Zakawaka](https://forums.balena.io/u/Zakawaka)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/broken-usb-drive/369007/1 "2023-09-26T16:34:18Z")

</div>

I flashed an iso to my 64 gb usb drive but now it is read only and i can only use 2 mb of it. I’ve tried everything from using diskpart the run dialog external apps and none of it is working even the advice from the website they all end up with me not being able to fix my usb drive. Please any help would be so appreciated.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mpous](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/mpous/32/4742_2.png) [@mpous](https://forums.balena.io/u/mpous)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/broken-usb-drive/369007/2 "2023-09-27T10:50:26Z")

</div>

Hello @Zakawaka did you try the step by step shared here?

> **[Etcher broke my USB stick … or did it?](https://blog.balena.io/did-etcher-break-my-usb-sd-card/)**
>
> SD cards go through a lot of hard work and sometimes they fail. Learn how to recover a broken USB drive or SD Card that doesn’t seem to work.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Zakawaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a6a055/32.png) [@Zakawaka](https://forums.balena.io/u/Zakawaka)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/broken-usb-drive/369007/3 "2023-09-27T20:39:26Z")

</div>

Yes I have and it didn’t work. This is what happens when I use the guide. I also don’t have a mac available to me.

 ![image_2023-09-27_214505722](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/balena/original/2X/c/cf24648ddcaaf8e304ab40633b480eb5eb53bf6d.png)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![alanb128](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/alanb128/32/2839_2.png) [@alanb128](https://forums.balena.io/u/alanb128)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/broken-usb-drive/369007/4 "2023-09-29T02:17:32Z")

</div>

It looks like the USB drive may be failing. Do you have another one you can try?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Zakawaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a6a055/32.png) [@Zakawaka](https://forums.balena.io/u/Zakawaka)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/broken-usb-drive/369007/5 "2023-09-29T06:01:32Z")

</div>

no i don’t have any other usb drives

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![alanb128](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/alanb128/32/2839_2.png) [@alanb128](https://forums.balena.io/u/alanb128)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/broken-usb-drive/369007/6 "2023-10-06T02:15:18Z")

</div>

I suggest obtaining another one to try and see if that works.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Zakawaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a6a055/32.png) [@Zakawaka](https://forums.balena.io/u/Zakawaka)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/broken-usb-drive/369007/7 "2023-10-10T18:32:51Z")

</div>

i just tried another usb drive and it works fine

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![alanb128](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/alanb128/32/2839_2.png) [@alanb128](https://forums.balena.io/u/alanb128)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/broken-usb-drive/369007/8 "2023-10-13T02:08:12Z")

</div>

Glad to hear it worked, let us know if you run into any more issues.