# trying to create disk on windows 10 with linux ubuntu 20.4 **URL:** \ **Category:** balenaEtcher\ **Tags:** support\ **Created:** [June 4, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/trying-to-create-disk-on-windows-10-with-linux-ubuntu-20-4/125842 "2020-06-04T05:38:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kabil.sharma.bmr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kabil.sharma.bmr](https://forums.balena.io/u/kabil.sharma.bmr)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/trying-to-create-disk-on-windows-10-with-linux-ubuntu-20-4/125842/1 "2020-06-04T05:38:40Z")
Elevating command: C:\Users\deepak sharda\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\balenaEtcher.exe C:\Users\deepak sharda\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app gui.js:5613 0 devices, 0% at 0.00 MB/s (total 0.00 MB/s) with 0 failed devices gui.js:122098 Successfully connected to IPC server: etcher-server-8760, socket root C:\Users\DEEPAK~1\AppData\Local\Temp gui.js:122098 Image: C:\Users\deepak sharda\Downloads\ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso gui.js:122098 Devices: \.\PhysicalDrive2 gui.js:122098 Umount on success: true gui.js:122098 Validate on success: true gui.js:122098 Auto blockmapping: true gui.js:122098 Decompress first: true gui.js:122098 Thu Jun 04 2020 11:04:07 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) SafeWebview loaded ({“event”:{“id”:1,“url”:“[https://assets.balena.io/etcher-featured/index.html?etcher-version=1.5.95&api-version=2&optOutAnalytics=false",“method”:“GET”,“timestamp”:1591248847297.048,“resourceType”:“mainFrame”,“ip”:“104.31.82.157”,“fromCache”:false,“statusLine”:"HTTP/1.1](https://assets.balena.io/etcher-featured/index.html?etcher-version=1.5.95&api-version=2&optOutAnalytics=false%22,%22method%22:%22GET%22,%22timestamp%22:1591248847297.048,%22resourceType%22:%22mainFrame%22,%22ip%22:%22104.31.82.157%22,%22fromCache%22:false,%22statusLine%22:%22HTTP/1.1) 200”,“statusCode”:200,“responseHeaders”:{“access-control-allow-origin”:["\*"],“age”:[“145”],“cache-control”:[“max-age=600”],“cf-cache-status”:[“DYNAMIC”],“cf-ray”:[“59df4879a96706e1-LHR”],“cf-request-id”:[“031f6ba00c000006e1540e4200000001”],“content-encoding”:[“br”],“content-type”:[“text/html; charset=utf-8”],“date”:[“Thu, 04 Jun 2020 05:34:08 GMT”],“expect-ct”:[“max-age=604800, report-uri=“[https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct](https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct)””],“expires”:[“Wed, 03 Jun 2020 04:27:29 GMT”],“last-modified”:[“Mon, 01 Jun 2020 19:09:20 GMT”],“server”:[“cloudflare”],“status”:[“200”],“vary”:[“Accept-Encoding”],“via”:[“1.1 varnish”],“x-cache”:[“HIT”],“x-cache-hits”:[“1”],“x-fastly-request-id”:[“e8f83e9722bda0959d4748bf8f3edbf0601f5e61”],“x-github-request-id”:[“A746:1BA6:B09E08:D9AE9C:5ED72458”],“x-origin-cache”:[“HIT”],“x-proxy-cache”:[“MISS”],“x-served-by”:[“cache-lcy19237-LCY”],“x-timer”:[“S1591248849.925974,VS0,VE1”]},“referrer”:"",“error”:“net::OK”},“sample”:0.1,“applicationSessionUuid”:“d84ca668-2950-47e0-8f4e-b7bd1d2ab39b”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“11644bf5-3469-43d9-a210-e528fbe55640”}) gui.js:122098 Thu Jun 04 2020 11:04:17 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) Flash error ({“image”:“C:\Users\deepak sharda\Downloads\ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso”,“drives”:[{“size”:8166703104,“isVirtual”:false,“enumerator”:“USBSTOR”,“logicalBlockSize”:512,“raw”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive2",“error”:null,“isReadOnly”:false,“displayName”:“E:\”,“blockSize”:512,“isSCSI”:false,“isRemovable”:true,“device”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive2",“busVersion”:“2.0”,“isSystem”:false,“busType”:“USB”,“isCard”:false,“isUSB”:true,“devicePath”:null,“mountpoints”:[{“path”:“E:\”}],“description”:“hp v165w USB Device”,“isUAS”:false}],“driveCount”:1,“uuid”:“98fbc7b1-4d30-4ad4-adeb-c7edf8122652”,“flashInstanceUuid”:“98fbc7b1-4d30-4ad4-adeb-c7edf8122652”,“unmountOnSuccess”:true,“validateWriteOnSuccess”:true,“error”:{“name”:“Error”,“message”:“Couldn’t clean the drive, spawn diskpart ENOENT (code ENOENT)”,“stack”:“Error: Couldn’t clean the drive, spawn diskpart ENOENT (code ENOENT)\n at Object.exports.clean (C:\Users\deepak sharda\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app\generated\etcher.js:54612:27)\n at async BlockDevice.\_open (C:\Users\deepak sharda\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app\generated\etcher.js:20269:13)\n at async BlockDevice.open (C:\Users\deepak sharda\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app\generated\etcher.js:7350:21)\n at async deepak sharda\AppData\Local\Programs\balena-etcher\resources\app\generated\etcher.js:27354:21”},“sample”:0.1,“applicationSessionUuid”:“d84ca668-2950-47e0-8f4e-b7bd1d2ab39b”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“11644bf5-3469-43d9-a210-e528fbe55640”}) gui.js:122098 Finish: 0 gui.js:122098 Terminating IPC server gui.js:122098 Flash results {results: {…}, cancelled: false}cancelled: falseresults: {bytesWritten: 0, devices: {…}, errors: Array(1), sourceMetadata: {…}} **proto** : Object gui.js:122098 Thu Jun 04 2020 11:04:17 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) Write failed ({“image”:“C:\Users\deepak sharda\Downloads\ubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso”,“drives”:[{“size”:8166703104,“isVirtual”:false,“enumerator”:“USBSTOR”,“logicalBlockSize”:512,“raw”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive2",“error”:null,“isReadOnly”:false,“displayName”:“E:\”,“blockSize”:512,“isSCSI”:false,“isRemovable”:true,“device”:"\\.\PhysicalDrive2",“busVersion”:“2.0”,“isSystem”:false,“busType”:“USB”,“isCard”:false,“isUSB”:true,“devicePath”:null,“mountpoints”:[{“path”:“E:\”}],“description”:“hp v165w USB Device”,“isUAS”:false}],“driveCount”:1,“uuid”:“98fbc7b1-4d30-4ad4-adeb-c7edf8122652”,“status”:“failed”,“flashInstanceUuid”:“98fbc7b1-4d30-4ad4-adeb-c7edf8122652”,“unmountOnSuccess”:true,“validateWriteOnSuccess”:true,“error”:{“description”:“Please try again, and contact the Etcher team if the problem persists”,“report”:false,“code”:“ECHILDDIED”},“sample”:0.1,“applicationSessionUuid”:“d84ca668-2950-47e0-8f4e-b7bd1d2ab39b”,“flashingWorkflowUuid”:“11644bf5-3469-43d9-a210-e528fbe55640”}) ---
**Author:** ![codewithcheese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/codewithcheese/32/3007_2.png) [@codewithcheese](https://forums.balena.io/u/codewithcheese)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/trying-to-create-disk-on-windows-10-with-linux-ubuntu-20-4/125842/4 "2020-06-04T10:01:10Z")
Hi, thanks for posting the log of the failed etcher run. To help us diagnose the issue please try running the following commands and paste the result of each. 1. `diskpart` 2. `where diskpart` Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![pranasziaukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/pranasziaukas/32/3917_2.png) [@pranasziaukas](https://forums.balena.io/u/pranasziaukas)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/trying-to-create-disk-on-windows-10-with-linux-ubuntu-20-4/125842/6 "2020-06-12T10:07:41Z")
Hey. Did you have success using Etcher in the end? ---
**Author:** ![kabil.sharma.bmr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kabil.sharma.bmr](https://forums.balena.io/u/kabil.sharma.bmr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/trying-to-create-disk-on-windows-10-with-linux-ubuntu-20-4/125842/8 "2020-06-12T11:36:50Z")
i did it with poweriso. easy to handle.worked foe me.