# Windows 10: something went wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** balenaEtcher\ **Created:** [September 28, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013 "2020-09-28T13:38:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@tyo](https://forums.balena.io/u/tyo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/1 "2020-09-28T13:38:06Z")
Windows 10 version 1909, Etcher 1.5.109 I keep getting en error message “something went wrong. if it is a compressed image, please check that the archive is not corrupted”. while writing hassos\_rpi4-64-4.13.img ---
**Author:** ![georgiats](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/georgiats/32/2571_2.png) [@georgiats](https://forums.balena.io/u/georgiats)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/5 "2020-09-28T18:47:38Z")
Hi @tyo! Could you please let us know if you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools? You can open DevTools by pressing `Ctrl+Shift+I`. Thanks, Georgia ---
**Author:** ![georgiats](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/georgiats/32/2571_2.png) [@georgiats](https://forums.balena.io/u/georgiats)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/7 "2020-09-28T18:50:03Z")
I’ve also found this GH issue on the etcher repo [https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/2859](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/2859). Could you please also try and run etcher as Administrator and let us know if this works for you? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![tyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@tyo](https://forums.balena.io/u/tyo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/9 "2020-09-30T13:05:48Z")
Thanks Georgia. Running it as administrator seems to make the difference. I am still a bit worried because of the message “Flash Complete! 1 Failed target”. ---
**Author:** ![thundron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/thundron/32/1379_2.png) [@thundron](https://forums.balena.io/u/thundron)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/10 "2020-09-30T13:21:59Z")
You should see a more specific message in a tooltip by hovering over the failed targets. It could be a verification error due to Windows writing an SVI folder when we switch from writing to reading data for validation ---
**Author:** ![goldegg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ad7895/32.png) [@goldegg](https://forums.balena.io/u/goldegg)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/13 "2020-11-07T19:13:46Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/balena/original/2X/8/81a2ffceecbcb8af09f1a5787ce6a552beede3b3.png) it is also not working ---
**Author:** ![techboystoys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@techboystoys](https://forums.balena.io/u/techboystoys)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/14 "2020-11-07T20:16:51Z")
Use this option to to access give balena to sdcard and reinsert the card problem solved follow me on- [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ufAseSDfIDdbhuQa9TwdA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ufAseSDfIDdbhuQa9TwdA) ![Screenshot (2)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/balena/original/2X/a/a2cc4e30e4cb13165c38a7a30f1cae0a0937b85a.png) ---
**Author:** ![rahul-thakoor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de053/32.png) [@rahul-thakoor](https://forums.balena.io/u/rahul-thakoor)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/15 "2020-11-09T07:11:37Z")
Hey @techboystoys thanks for the suggestion. @goldegg can you please try that and see if it works? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![techboystoys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@techboystoys](https://forums.balena.io/u/techboystoys)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/17 "2020-11-09T17:41:56Z")
It’s working my friend. I have done with it😊 ---
**Author:** ![rcooke-warwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rcooke-warwick](https://forums.balena.io/u/rcooke-warwick)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/18 "2020-11-09T17:42:53Z")
That’s great to hear, nice one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![techboystoys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6bbea6/32.png) [@techboystoys](https://forums.balena.io/u/techboystoys)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/20 "2020-11-09T17:45:50Z")
Sentence mistake Use this option to give access balenaetcher to the SD CARD and reinsert the card and flash the os, problem solved ---
**Author:** ![goldegg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ad7895/32.png) [@goldegg](https://forums.balena.io/u/goldegg)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/22 "2020-11-09T18:09:08Z")
yes now it’s working thanks everyone for helping so quickly ---
**Author:** ![hfnrisheeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@hfnrisheeb](https://forums.balena.io/u/hfnrisheeb)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/24 "2020-11-22T11:22:03Z")
> [@techboystoys](#): > > to access give balena to sdcard and reinsert the card problem Dear ones, Even I am looking for a solution to the same problem, I am unable to find these features in Windows 7 ultimate edition, any help on this will help me great deal. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![shawaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/shawaj/32/8203_2.png) [@shawaj](https://forums.balena.io/u/shawaj)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/25 "2020-11-22T21:11:27Z")
@hfnrisheeb I can see you have created a new post about your issue, so we will reply over there [Windows 7 : something went wrong. if it is a compressed image, please check that the archive is not corrupted.](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-7-something-went-wrong-if-it-is-a-compressed-image-please-check-that-the-archive-is-not-corrupted/214843) As far as I’m aware, Windows 7 doesn’t have a “controlled folder access” like Windows 10, so I think probably your issue is slightly different. ---
**Author:** ![Luigiciga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Luigiciga](https://forums.balena.io/u/Luigiciga)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/29 "2021-02-20T21:45:39Z")
Hello i’m here for the same reason. I’m tryng to install Home assistant for raspberry and after i FLASH show me “Something went wrong …” How can i risolve? Thank you. I tried also on “allow an app through controlled folder access” ---
**Author:** ![dtischler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/dtischler/32/2483_2.png) [@dtischler](https://forums.balena.io/u/dtischler)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/30 "2021-02-23T22:46:45Z")
What version of Windows are you using Luigi? Looking at this thread, I see some folks had Windows 7, and some were on Windows 10. Out of curiosity, even with the error in Etcher, if you place the SD Card in the Pi and boot it up, does it work? ---
**Author:** ![Adharshcs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Adharshcs](https://forums.balena.io/u/Adharshcs)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/33 "2022-04-04T14:52:02Z")
I faced the same issues while trying to install niresh-mojave…the problem is with powershell…make sure that your powershell is in the system environment variables…if not, then add it to path…thn if u get an error for cmd…thn check nd add cmd to the path as well…it worked for me ---
**Author:** ![DirkJan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@DirkJan](https://forums.balena.io/u/DirkJan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/35 "2023-03-06T14:58:46Z")
Experienced all the issues as described above. Tried to flash a home assistant image to an SD card. Got all the powershell and cmd errors as well. Tried on 3 laptops, Windows 7, Windows 10 and Windows 11, tried USB to SD modules etc, tried USB2, USB3 slots, nothing worked. Then I downloaded first the xz image instead of pointing to the git URL. boom… flashing started within a sec… ---
**Author:** ![mike\_hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mike\_hawk](https://forums.balena.io/u/mike_hawk)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/36 "2024-06-22T22:50:29Z")
Run as administrator. Make sure to format USB or SD module types to exFat before flashing. I was receiving the “Error spawning child” message until I changed the format type. Started the flashing process right up afterward. ---
**Author:** ![khogyani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@khogyani](https://forums.balena.io/u/khogyani)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows-10-something-went-wrong/194013/37 "2024-07-12T05:19:28Z")
Thanks bro. Formated the USB drive to exFat and then run balena as administrator. It works. Thanks bro