Etcher on Windows 10 stuck on "starting"

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Windows 10 Home version 1903; Etcher version 1.5.66. Got stuck on “starting.” I searched these forums, tried again running as administrator. Now it says it can’t find any removeable drives. I’ll try an earlier version if I can figure out how to get it.

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Hi, can you check if there are any errors in DevTools console? You can open DevTools by pressing Ctrl+Alt+i

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Okay. Ctrl+Alt+i didn’t do anything.

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Just to clarify at this point, the program has successfully launched / started, and you have overcome the first error, of it being stuck, correct?

Assuming that is the case, what is the device type you are attempting to flash? A USB stick? An SD Card? Does Windows recognize the device as inserted properly? Perhaps even rebooting the PC might be a good first step.

Thanks!

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Thank you for quick reply. The program launches, I can select the image, select the SD card as F: drive (recognized by Windows,) then when I select Flash, it says “starting” and stays like that. Ctrl+Alt+i does nothing.

I uninstalled Etcher and used Win32DiskImager successfully, solving my immediate issue.

Today I reinstalled Etcher 1.5.66 and tried again on a different SD card, just to follow through with this conversation, if it’s helpful. This is a new Windows computer for me; I have used Etcher successfully on my old computer. Both are Windows 10 64 bit. I stay current with updates. Both have AMD processors. The image I was installing is here: https://downloads.raspberrypi.org/raspbian_full_latest.
I’ll reboot and retry in a little while.

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Hi,
Thanks for keep trying it. It is definitely very helpful for us, so that we can find the issue and fix it. Please let us know about your results.

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I have the same problem. I tried to use another software (Rufus) after that. When running or starting, the process was stopped by my antivirus program (Sophos Home).

Could Etcher have the same conflict?

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Hi, can you try to launch etcher with admin permissions? (Run as administrator)

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Also, regarding to antivirus, can you disable it and then flash an image to see if it’s related?

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Hi. I was trying to use etcher to download RetroPie for my raspberry pi 1. I have the file and SD card selected but when I hit “Flash” it just says starting. If someone knows how to fix this issue please feel free to help! Thanks so much!

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Hi, thanks for contacting support. Could you please let us know the operating system you are using Etcher on? Also, what do you see in the developer console? (press ctrl + shift + i then go to the console tab)?

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Thanks for your reply, I believe I found the issue. I had an 8gb sd card in my laptop, the total flash was too big for the card. So I put in a 64gb sd card and it ran just fine, thanks for your help!

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Oh, I used RetroPie on etcher

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Same here, tried to flash rasbian image that i have on my nas and it is stuck on starting. When I moved the image to my primary hard drive it worked.

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Hi

This is a known issue at the moment. See this, and this.
The workaround is as you mentioned - copying locally and the flashing it.

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Windows 10 Home version 1903; Etcher version 1.5.66. Got stuck on “white screen I searched these forums, tried again running as administrator. Now it says it can’t find any thing helpful CLT +shift + I open developer tool Console show 1 error not allow resources showing some https address and chormewebdata any help

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hello, could you post a screenshot of the errors that are being show on the developer console please, thanks