I used balenaEtcher to flash today and the result was failed. The error message said: if it is a compressed image please check that the archive is not corrupted.
I found the solution later and confirmed that error message is wrong — misleading.
The solution is:
Changing the USB port from USB 3.0 to USB 2.0.
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balenaEtcher version: 1.19.21.0
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
source file: ubuntu-24.04-desktop-amd64.iso
target USB disk drive: JetFlash Transcend 256GB SCSI Disk Device
mother board: Gigabyte H81M-S2PH