Unable to create live usb stick in Windows 7

openSUSE / imagewriter

Utility for writing raw disk images & hybrid isos to USB keys

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Unable to create live usb stick in Windows 7 #2

Open mbarringer opened 11 years ago

mbarringer commented 11 years ago

There are several problems on Windows 7, although certain installs work:

Steps to Reproduce: 1.Insert USB flashpen 2.Write .iso/.raw to USB 3. Actual Results:
Exception write during caught:System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Access denied At ImageWriter.DriveAccess.Write(Byte||buffer,UInt32len) At ImageWriter.MainWindow,WriteToDisk()

RajkoM commented 11 years ago

See comment https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Live_USB_stick#Windows_Instructions about workaround in case of such error.

neoacevedo commented 7 years ago

4 years later the error still persists doesn't matter the full instructions

devt-agency commented 4 years ago

No problem, just delete all partitions on the drive using the Disk Management Snap-in (compmgmt.msc), right click on the partition and Delete. Try again and you should have Success!

7 years later haha