# Writing process ending unexpectedly when imaging Raspbian on microSD card

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/writing-process-ending-unexpectedly-when-imaging-raspbian-on-microsd-card/3304>\
**Category:** balenaEtcher\
**Tags:** support, raspberrypi3\
**Created:** [June 9, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/writing-process-ending-unexpectedly-when-imaging-raspbian-on-microsd-card/3304 "2018-06-09T12:16:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Joost](https://forums.balena.io/u/Joost)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/writing-process-ending-unexpectedly-when-imaging-raspbian-on-microsd-card/3304/1 "2018-06-09T12:16:02Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to install Raspian Stretch onto an SD card. But every time I select the file, the card and click flash it says: The writing process ended unexpectedly. Please try again, and contact the Etcher team if the problem persists.

Can someone help me with this problem?

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**Author:** ![imrehg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/imrehg/32/36_2.png) [@imrehg](https://forums.balena.io/u/imrehg)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/writing-process-ending-unexpectedly-when-imaging-raspbian-on-microsd-card/3304/2 "2018-06-09T21:13:42Z")

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Hi, what operating system are you using Etcher on? What’s the version you are using?  
Some thoughts what might go wrong:

- have you checked that the downloaded file’s correct (comparing the calculated checksum of the file to the one Raspbian publishes)? Or tried downloading the file again?
- do you have another SD card that you can try writing to? To check whether the card is the one that has any issues.

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**Author:** ![Joost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@Joost](https://forums.balena.io/u/Joost)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/writing-process-ending-unexpectedly-when-imaging-raspbian-on-microsd-card/3304/3 "2018-10-04T15:35:12Z")

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Hello,  
I’m using etcher 1.4.4 on Windows 10 Pro.  
I’ve tried with 2 Micro SD cards, one of which I bought brand new for this purpose (they’re both SanDisk drives).  
I have also tried to reinstall the Raspbian zip and extract to the image multiple times.  
I have a pretty old computer and a with that a pretty old SD card reader, so I’ll try it on a different one. I’ll keep you up to date.