I tried to install SteamOS Recovery on one of my USB. Half-way through I realized I made the stupidest beginner mistake---the USB size was too small. So I tried to cancel---only to crash Rufus, then my PC. After rebooting the PC, when I plug my USB, it won't connect correctly. It will show up as randomly many different disks (as partitioned ones do) but they will take turn disconnecting so I can't use anything to clean or erase it. It will just show "E connected, F connected, G connected, E disconnected, F disconnected, H connected, G disconnected, I connected" like this random connect then disconnect then connect. Any tips beside grab a huge magnet and do it...the hard way? (I jest about that option)
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- Remove all partition using Disks, diskmgmt.msc or DiskGenius. 2. create one partition 3. Format it, likely FAT32.
– DrMoishe Pippik Aug 26 '22 at 01:10 -
3Does this answer your question? Rufus nor any other software can fix my 16GB usb drive after using RUFUS. Akeo is the author of Rufus, given that they indicate this type of failure is often link to device failure, that likely is the case. Flash media isn't wiped by magnets, by the way so that approach wouldn't solve your problem – Ramhound Aug 26 '22 at 01:39