# Etcher broke my USB stick … or did it?

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**Created:** [July 22, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-broke-my-usb-stick-or-did-it/340169 "2021-07-22T01:44:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![swifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@swifter](https://forums.balena.io/u/swifter)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/etcher-broke-my-usb-stick-or-did-it/340169/2 "2021-08-21T09:36:38Z")

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

![Screenshot 2021-08-21 123340](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/balena/original/2X/2/2b37518dd2651f954663cc28251e82ad166008f8.png)

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