The writer process ended unexpectedly 1.5.81.0

Hi, I’m not sure where to get logs, but I’m currently on a windows 10 machine trying to switch completely over to Pop os. I have a Sandisk thumb drive. I was using Rufus to do so because I had in the past, but I kept getting error -32 and so on. I’m not sure because I had flashed the drive already if Etcher was running into an issue. I’ve looked at other post and I have run it as an administrator, my file defender setting is disabled. I’m not sure what else to do. I’m trying to get into disk management to try and save the thumb drives so they can be used again.

Hi,

Can you please send us the Etcher logs so we can help you with the issue?

I’d love too, but I’m not 100% sure how to get the etcher logs.

Access to the logs is explained here https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/SUPPORT.md
On Windows it should be Ctrl+Shift+I then go to the Console tab.

Tue Apr 28 2020 13:08:12 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Write failed ({“image”:“C:\Users\jrdup\OneDrive\Desktop\Pop_OS\pop-os_19.10_amd64_nvidia_15.iso”,“drives”:[{“size”:15376318464,“isVirtual”:false,“enumerator”:“USBSTOR”,“logicalBlockSize”:512,“raw”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive1",“error”:null,“isReadOnly”:false,“displayName”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive1",“blockSize”:512,“isSCSI”:false,“isRemovable”:true,“device”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive1",“busVersion”:“2.0”,“isSystem”:false,“busType”:“USB”,“isCard”:false,“isUSB”:true,“devicePath”:null,“mountpoints”:,“description”:“SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB Device”,“isUAS”:false}],“driveCount”:1,“uuid”:“6dea0373-d386-4a7f-97b0-1cf6c1ef5015”,“status”:“failed”,“flashInstanceUuid”:“6dea0373-d386-4a7f-97b0-1cf6c1ef5015”,“unmountOnSuccess”:true,“validateWriteOnSuccess”:true,“trim”:true,“applicationSessionUuid”:“6e27bc24-6812-4c52-b03a-c8a973fe90bc”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“87de6f18-5d2b-4ec8-b96b-cfafd7c3bfd9”,“error”:{“description”:“Please try again, and contact the Etcher team if the problem persists”,“report”:false,“code”:“ECHILDDIED”},“sample”:0.1})

Thank you. I think this is what you’re looking for. If I missed something I’ll try my best to get it.

Unfortunately there is no clear indication of the cause to be seen in the log. Most likely cause would usually be a faulty USB drive. Can you please try with another drive ?

I tried with two drives. I will say again, I did try to use rufus originally since that’s what I used when I first installed pop os, but after getting error -32 I switched to Etcher using the same drives. Could that be the problem? Also when I tired it on the 2nd drive it seemed successful, but when I booted from that drive it booted windows…

Tue Apr 28 2020 13:07:27 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Application start ({“packageType”:“nsis”,“version”:“1.5.81”,“applicationSessionUuid”:“6e27bc24-6812-4c52-b03a-c8a973fe90bc”,“sample”:0.1})
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Tue Apr 28 2020 13:07:31 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Open image selector ({“applicationSessionUuid”:“6e27bc24-6812-4c52-b03a-c8a973fe90bc”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“87de6f18-5d2b-4ec8-b96b-cfafd7c3bfd9”,“sample”:0.1})
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Tue Apr 28 2020 13:07:35 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Select image ({“image”:{“size”:2556887040,“name”:“pop-os_19.10_amd64_nvidia_15.iso”,“hasMBR”:true,“partitions”:[{“offset”:165888,“size”:4194304,“type”:239,“index”:1}],“path”:“C:\Users\jrdup\OneDrive\Desktop\Pop_OS\pop-os_19.10_amd64_nvidia_15.iso”,“extension”:“iso”,“logo”:false,“blockMap”:false},“applicationSessionUuid”:“6e27bc24-6812-4c52-b03a-c8a973fe90bc”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“87de6f18-5d2b-4ec8-b96b-cfafd7c3bfd9”,“sample”:0.1})
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Tue Apr 28 2020 13:07:36 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Flashing 0 devices, 0% at null MB/s (total null MB/s) eta in undefineds with 0 failed devices
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Tue Apr 28 2020 13:07:36 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Flash ({“image”:“C:\Users\jrdup\OneDrive\Desktop\Pop_OS\pop-os_19.10_amd64_nvidia_15.iso”,“drives”:[{“size”:15376318464,“isVirtual”:false,“enumerator”:“USBSTOR”,“logicalBlockSize”:512,“raw”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive1",“error”:null,“isReadOnly”:false,“displayName”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive1",“blockSize”:512,“isSCSI”:false,“isRemovable”:true,“device”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive1",“busVersion”:“2.0”,“isSystem”:false,“busType”:“USB”,“isCard”:false,“isUSB”:true,“devicePath”:null,“mountpoints”:,“description”:“SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB Device”,“isUAS”:false}],“driveCount”:1,“uuid”:“6dea0373-d386-4a7f-97b0-1cf6c1ef5015”,“status”:“started”,“flashInstanceUuid”:“6dea0373-d386-4a7f-97b0-1cf6c1ef5015”,“unmountOnSuccess”:true,“validateWriteOnSuccess”:true,“trim”:true,“applicationSessionUuid”:“6e27bc24-6812-4c52-b03a-c8a973fe90bc”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“87de6f18-5d2b-4ec8-b96b-cfafd7c3bfd9”,“sample”:0.1})
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Elevating command: C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\balenaEtcher.exe C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Tue Apr 28 2020 13:07:38 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) SafeWebview loaded ({“event”:{“id”:1,“url”:“https://assets.balena.io/etcher-featured/index.html?etcher-version=1.5.81&api-version=2&optOutAnalytics=false",“method”:“GET”,“timestamp”:1588104458653.408,“resourceType”:“mainFrame”,“ip”:“104.31.83.157”,“fromCache”:false,“statusLine”:"HTTP/1.1 200”,“statusCode”:200,“responseHeaders”:{“access-control-allow-origin”:["*"],“age”:[“306”],“cache-control”:[“max-age=600”],“cf-cache-status”:[“DYNAMIC”],“cf-ray”:[“58b36922aeb2d36a-LAX”],“cf-request-id”:[“02640009a70000d36ac4877200000001”],“content-encoding”:[“br”],“content-type”:[“text/html; charset=utf-8”],“date”:[“Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:07:38 GMT”],“expect-ct”:[“max-age=604800, report-uri=“https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct””],“expires”:[“Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:52:19 GMT”],“last-modified”:[“Tue, 28 Apr 2020 17:40:38 GMT”],“server”:[“cloudflare”],“status”:[“200”],“vary”:[“Accept-Encoding”],“via”:[“1.1 varnish”],“x-cache”:[“HIT”],“x-cache-hits”:[“1”],“x-fastly-request-id”:[“30205f3c46fe133623b77c82b23ee759647e7960”],“x-github-request-id”:[“0F52:0175:21C8A2:261863:5EA86AFB”],“x-origin-cache”:[“1”],“x-proxy-cache”:[“MISS”],“x-served-by”:[“cache-lax8647-LAX”],“x-timer”:[“S1588104459.678017,VS0,VE1”]},“webContentsId”:2,“referrer”:"",“error”:“net::OK”},“applicationSessionUuid”:“6e27bc24-6812-4c52-b03a-c8a973fe90bc”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“87de6f18-5d2b-4ec8-b96b-cfafd7c3bfd9”,“sample”:0.1})
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Successfully connected to IPC server: etcher-server-14196, socket root C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Temp
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Image: C:\Users\jrdup\OneDrive\Desktop\Pop_OS\pop-os_19.10_amd64_nvidia_15.iso
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Devices: \.\PhysicalDrive1
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Umount on success: true
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Validate on success: true
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Trim: true
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Tue Apr 28 2020 13:08:11 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Flash error ({“image”:“C:\Users\jrdup\OneDrive\Desktop\Pop_OS\pop-os_19.10_amd64_nvidia_15.iso”,“drives”:[{“size”:15376318464,“isVirtual”:false,“enumerator”:“USBSTOR”,“logicalBlockSize”:512,“raw”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive1",“error”:null,“isReadOnly”:false,“displayName”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive1",“blockSize”:512,“isSCSI”:false,“isRemovable”:true,“device”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive1",“busVersion”:“2.0”,“isSystem”:false,“busType”:“USB”,“isCard”:false,“isUSB”:true,“devicePath”:null,“mountpoints”:,“description”:“SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB Device”,“isUAS”:false}],“driveCount”:1,“uuid”:“6dea0373-d386-4a7f-97b0-1cf6c1ef5015”,“flashInstanceUuid”:“6dea0373-d386-4a7f-97b0-1cf6c1ef5015”,“unmountOnSuccess”:true,“validateWriteOnSuccess”:true,“trim”:true,“applicationSessionUuid”:“6e27bc24-6812-4c52-b03a-c8a973fe90bc”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“87de6f18-5d2b-4ec8-b96b-cfafd7c3bfd9”,“error”:{“name”:“Error”,“message”:“Couldn’t clean the drive, Command failed: diskpart s n (code 2147942405)”,“stack”:“Error: Couldn’t clean the drive, Command failed: diskpart s n (code 2147942405)\n at Object.exports.clean (C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\etcher-sdk\build\diskpart.js:88:23)”},“sample”:0.1})
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Finish: 0
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Terminating IPC server
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Flash results Object
C:\Users\jrdup\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app.asar\node_modules\raven-js\dist\raven.js:58 Tue Apr 28 2020 13:08:12 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) Write failed ({“image”:“C:\Users\jrdup\OneDrive\Desktop\Pop_OS\pop-os_19.10_amd64_nvidia_15.iso”,“drives”:[{“size”:15376318464,“isVirtual”:false,“enumerator”:“USBSTOR”,“logicalBlockSize”:512,“raw”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive1",“error”:null,“isReadOnly”:false,“displayName”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive1",“blockSize”:512,“isSCSI”:false,“isRemovable”:true,“device”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive1",“busVersion”:“2.0”,“isSystem”:false,“busType”:“USB”,“isCard”:false,“isUSB”:true,“devicePath”:null,“mountpoints”:,“description”:“SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB Device”,“isUAS”:false}],“driveCount”:1,“uuid”:“6dea0373-d386-4a7f-97b0-1cf6c1ef5015”,“status”:“failed”,“flashInstanceUuid”:“6dea0373-d386-4a7f-97b0-1cf6c1ef5015”,“unmountOnSuccess”:true,“validateWriteOnSuccess”:true,“trim”:true,“applicationSessionUuid”:“6e27bc24-6812-4c52-b03a-c8a973fe90bc”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“87de6f18-5d2b-4ec8-b96b-cfafd7c3bfd9”,“error”:{“description”:“Please try again, and contact the Etcher team if the problem persists”,“report”:false,“code”:“ECHILDDIED”},“sample”:0.1})
/C:/Users/jrdup/AppData/Local/Programs/balena-etcher/resources/app.asar/lib/assets/icon.png:1 Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

These are all my logs from Etcher.

Hi, can you repeat steps described here and let us know the results?