Hello everyone,
I am new to HA and I managed to install it by flashing my USB stick (with balenaEtcher).
It wasn’t easy, but I did it.
Post-installation question: how can I reuse my USB stick normally (in Windows)?
It is no longer recognised, and I tried to flash it with a Windows ISO (again using balenaEtcher), but it can’t find my stick.
I’m a bit disappointed because it was a 64GB stick.
Do you have any tips?
Thanks.
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Use disk manager in windows (windows Key + X, or right click the windows button) to reformat the drive.
I’ve already tried that.
The key appears (drive H:), but no partitions are showing up. So I can’t format it.
Share what you see in Disk Management. If you want it simple you can use the SD Card Formatter tool. Yes, even if it’s a USB Stick.
USB stick or SDCard?
Create a new partition first.
Use the built in tool diskpart. diskpart | Microsoft Learn
it’s an USB stick
I have already tried that, but I cannot format or create a partition (error: no usable free space found).
That looks strange/dead. It doesn’t even list a size. What USB Stick is this?
Looks like the partition table may be corrupted Use the clean command in diskpart to clean the partition table (Be VERY VERY careful it can blow away your HDD if you select disk incorrectly) for that usb. Then REBOOT then try to create a partition and format it.
Windows Partition Manager doesn’t recognize disks formatter for Linux.
I use the Aomei Disk Partition Manager. It is so far superior to Windows Partition Manager that I paid for it, but they do have a free version that should let you re-partition the thumbdrive for Windows.
Start → CMD → diskpart
list disk
select disk 5
clean
create partition primary
format fs=ntfs quick
that should do it and give you a NTFS formatted thumb drive. Be very careful that you select the correct disk, you can verify the disk numbers by doing list disk in diskpart.
I did the CLEAN command over the weekend to re-etch the stick and it seemed to work fine.