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Yeah…same exact error as “swifter.” Brand new 128GB SanDisk. Etcher is the first and the only thing to read/write from/to this brand spanking new SanDisk USB stick. Windows can’t recognize 127.99 GB out of 128 and EaseUS can’t do anything to it. Ya’all hijacked me 'lil stick thingy …

Windows+X and make sure to open powershell(admin) and not just normal pwershell

Thanks @geeett … That is what I was just about to recommend, ha.

thu@thu-lg:/$ umount /dev/sbd1 umount: /dev/sbd1: No such file or directory thu@thu-lg:/$ umount /dev/sdb1 thu@thu-lg:/$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb1 bs=512 count=1 conv=notrunc dd: failed to open ‘/dev/sdb1’: Permission denied I tried in my Ubuntu 20.04, and it dont work @dtischler

Try this one instead @vctqs1 : sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb1 bs=512 count=1 conv=notrunc Perhaps you need the sudo permissions for it.

Sorry, I copy wrong logs thu@thu-lg:~$ umount /dev/sdb1 thu@thu-lg:~$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb1 bs=512 count=1 conv=notrunc [sudo] password for thu: Sorry, try again. [sudo] password for thu: dd: failed to open '/dev/sdb1': Read-only file system I still cannot work @dtischler

Strange. I wonder if your SD Card has gone into “write-protect” mode, indicating that the drive is dying and the drive is basically giving you an opportunity to back up your data. Alternatively, you can try using this Utility to unset the read-only flag if it is present: https://github.com/Bertol…

Same problem as “swifter” on a very little-used SanDisk 128GB USB drive. Very disappointed. Any new ideas? The stick will not format & is not recognised by Windows Explorer. OK - so purchased a new SanDisk Cruzer 32GB USB and tried again with the exact same result. As in - failure. [image] Ver…

What image were you attempting to flash @FatDave ? I wonder if adding “clean” and a file system type might be necessary in your case, as shown here: How to use DiskPart to clean and format drive not working on Windows 10 | Windows Central

Etcher broke my USB stick … or did it?

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swifter August 21, 2021, 9:36am 2

hello, i tried to clean the disk but i dont have access, do you know why?

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