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The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
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Error: No volume information for drive 0x81 Could not get geometry for drive 0x81: [0x00000002] The system cannot find the file specified. #496

Closed ghost closed 9 years ago

ghost commented 9 years ago

I seem to be getting this error again and again with Rufus, despite having tried many USBs. I'm trying to create a bootable Win 8.1 USB. I've also gotten the same error with different ISOs. Can anyone help?

Error:

Rufus version: 2.1.649
Windows version: Windows 8.1 64-bit
Syslinux versions: 4.07/2013-07-25, 6.03/2014-10-06
Grub versions: 0.4.6a, 2.02~beta2
Locale ID: 0x0409
Found USB 1.1 device 'SMI USB DISK USB Device' (80EE:0021)
1 device found
Disk type: Removable, Sector Size: 512 bytes
Cylinders: 489, TracksPerCylinder: 255, SectorsPerTrack: 63
Partition type: MBR, NB Partitions: 1
Disk ID: 0x000566FE
Drive has a Rufus Master Boot Record
Partition 1:
  Type: NTFS (0x07)
  Size: 3.8 GB (4026531840 bytes)
  Start Sector: 2048, Boot: Yes, Recognized: Yes
Scanning image...
Disc image is an UDF image
ISO label: IRM_CCSA_X64FRE_EN-US_DV5
  Size: 3978731520 bytes
  Has a >64 chars filename: No
  Has Symlinks: No
  Has a >4GB file: No
  Uses Bootmgr: Yes
  Uses EFI: Yes
  Uses Grub 2: No
  Uses Grub4DOS: No
  Uses isolinux: No
  Uses KolibriOS: No
  Uses ReactOS: No
  Uses WinPE: No
Using image: Windows_8.1_Pro_X64_Activated.iso

Format operation started
Requesting disk access...
Opened drive \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 for write access
Will use 'E:' as volume mountpoint
I/O boundary checks disabled
Analyzing existing boot records...
Drive has a Rufus Master Boot Record
Volume has an unknown Partition Boot Record
Deleting partitions...
Clearing MBR/PBR/GPT structures...
Erasing 128 sectors
Partitioning (MBR)...
Closing existing volume...
Waiting for logical drive to reappear...
Formatting (NTFS)...
Using cluster size: 4096 bytes
Quick format was selected
Creating file system...
Format completed.
Writing master boot record...
Drive has a Zeroed Master Boot Record
Set bootable USB partition as 0x80
Using Rufus MBR
Found volume GUID \\?\Volume{67d9185e-d5b1-11e4-8264-0800272aaeab}\
Opened drive \\?\Volume{67d9185e-d5b1-11e4-8264-0800272aaeab} for write access
Writing partition boot record...
Using Standard NTFS partition boot record
Confirmed new volume has an NTFS boot sector
Successfully remounted Volume{67d9185e-d5b1-11e4-8264-0800272aaeab}\ on E:\
Copying ISO files...

/Ending part/

... Unable to create file: [0x00000002] The system cannot find the file specified.

Found USB 1.1 device 'SMI USB DISK USB Device' (80EE:0021)
1 device found
No volume information for drive 0x81
Could not get geometry for drive 0x81: [0x00000002] The system cannot find the file specified.
Device was eliminated because it is smaller than 8 MB
No file system is selectable for this drive
pbatard commented 9 years ago

Two issues here:

Found USB 1.1 device

That's a really slow speed. Unless your USB flash drive is really USB 1.1, which would be exceedingly surprising, especially for a device that is 4 GB or more (needed to accommodate a Windows 8.1 image), this indicates a hardware issue either with your computer or the flash drives themselves. Even if that worked, at 1.1 speeds, copying the Windows 8.1 files will take a very looooong time...

Using image: Windows_8.1_Pro_X64_Activated.iso

Sorry but I don't support unofficial Windows 8.1 images.

Unless you can come back with a log that shows a device running a USB 2.0 speeds (or better) and an official Windows 8.1 ISO image (for which you verified the SHA1 to confirm that it is the same as Microsoft), I'm going to ignore this issue as it's not going to be something I can address.

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