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5 sie 2019 · I have been running Fedora Media Writer and clicking the Restore button for the USB drive. However, the USB drive is not being recognized by Windows 10 once I finish. I have tried several options to recover the drive.
15 kwi 2020 · When I wanted to reformat it back and used "restore" in FMW, the flash drive is not recognized in Windows. It's not visible in file explorer (no drive, no letter), and it can't be fixed even using Disk Management (all actions report errors).
19 maj 2019 · Possibly your USB Stick is recognized as a HDD instead of as a USB device. In you bios menu, when you pick the boot priority, you have the option to chose between USB, HDD and FDD drives. However, additionally, you can select the HDD to boot from in a separate menu on the boot menu page.
2 sie 2019 · The reason I'm using a recovery USB is because I'm locked into Diagnostic Startup through MSCONFIG (only system services are running and weirdly it disabled my network adapters) and my account is signed through Microsoft and for some reason it won't accept my password or PIN.
20 mar 2023 · Hi, you will not be able to use your USB drive unless it's again restored using Fedora Media Writer, you won't be able to even view what's on the drive as Windows will not recognize it.
6 maj 2020 · Workaround: download XZ Tools and copy the files into the program installation directory, usually in x86 program files for windows. I confirm this workaround is working. Just copy files from the desired bin and paste it into the root of the Fedora Media Writer installation.
First, I tried writing the flash drive with ISO mode. This seemed to work, but I had problems booting the OS, then I tried the DD mode (as Rufus itself recommends). Now Windows can't detect my flash drive anymore. I see Disk Management shows the flash drive as "No Media" and 0 bytes of capacity.
