# Windows7 fail to flash Micro SD card

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/windows7-fail-to-flash-micro-sd-card/156186>\
**Category:** balenaEtcher\
**Created:** [July 17, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows7-fail-to-flash-micro-sd-card/156186 "2020-07-17T11:27:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Panurg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@Panurg](https://forums.balena.io/u/Panurg)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows7-fail-to-flash-micro-sd-card/156186/1 "2020-07-17T11:27:13Z")

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Windows7 Pro  
BalenaEtcher ver 1.5.101  
When a try to flash any MicroSd card, I see error:  
[Balena-etcher.pdf](https://forums.balena.io/uploads/short-url/2995NBSCQ9VgB25zWNt98Fai9bh.pdf) (65.4 KB).  
I’ve tryed both portable and installed versions.  
The log file is:  
[LOG.pdf](https://forums.balena.io/uploads/short-url/71eKvYJwv0I7fpzYYUP4ouqpcNy.pdf) (227.4  
Etcher ver. 1.4.4 on the same computer in the same time works fine.

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**Author:** ![karaxuna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@karaxuna](https://forums.balena.io/u/karaxuna)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows7-fail-to-flash-micro-sd-card/156186/6 "2020-07-17T12:13:27Z")

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Hi,

Thanks for reporting the issue!  
We’ll take a look and get back to you once we figure out the problem.

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**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:** [July 21, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/windows7-fail-to-flash-micro-sd-card/156186/12 "2020-07-21T15:55:09Z")

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Hi again,  
Can you try with a different image, a smaller one possibly, and report back the logs again in case it fails?