Etcher: Etcher killed my 2 usb sticks in a single day

[3axap4eHko]

• Etcher version: 1.5.102
• Operating system and architecture: Windows 10 x64 2004
• Image flashed: ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
• Do you see any meaningful error information in the DevTools? NO

I started writing ubuntu image on the first drive and it was throwing me an error

Now it's dead. Once I tried to use the second drive it did the same.
So I have 2 broken drives.

UPD 1:

Event Log VDS Basic Provider:
Cannot zero sectors on disk \\?\PhysicalDrive1. Error code: 5@0101000F

UPD 2:
Repaired by the following diskpart script:

select disk 1
convert gpt
create partition primary
format quick fs=ntfs

[thundron]

This can be due to several reasons (which are not related to Etcher), for example Windows locking your drive so it's write-protected, along with other.
I'd suggest looking for the error code you see in the Event Log (5@0101000F) on the Microsoft forums to further investigate.
On the subject of "etcher killing USBs" please see https://www.balena.io/blog/did-etcher-break-my-usb-sd-card/

[lurch]

@thundron Nice article - probably worth adding a link to it from the Etcher README? :slightly_smiling_face: