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   On 10/10/2023 6:59 PM, Mike Easter wrote:   
   > bilsch01 wrote:   
   >> Windows wont format the drive because it says it's read only, however   
   >> DISKPART tells me it's not read only. Can't I just zero fill it and   
   >> start over?   
   >   
   > Rufus 'ordinary' (quick, not quick, and check for bad blocks - but not   
   > zero) format will probably (highly likely) format it.  If I want to zero   
   > you could use diskpart after rufus formats it.   
   >   
   > Personally, I would just Rufus quick, not not-quick, not check bad   
   > blocks and not zero.   
   >   
   > Rufus is Win, small, free, and doesn't need install.  It is also VERY   
   > good Win tool for writing linux .iso/s to USB more than one way; hybrid   
   > or dd-style.  And can even do a form of persistence for some .iso/s.   
   >   
   I had looked at Rufus to start with, however it seemed Rufus didn't like   
   the flash drive, so I decided to zero fill it - which I just did. Next I   
   used current version of Rufus off of the web to make the drive a   
   Ubuntu 22.04.03 installer using the downloaded Ubuntu iso. That worked,   
   but Rufus warned that maybe the version of Grub (that Rufus would use)   
   might not be absolutely compatible with the installer. I went ahead   
   anyway. The drive boots the 'Try Ubuntu' option fine. But maybe a system   
   installed with the drive might have a Grub problem. I decided I won't   
   use the installer to install right now.   
      
   The reason I'm doing all this is I want to delete the SWAP partition I   
   put on my HDD when I installed my 20.04 system, and I heard that current   
   version of Ubuntu uses a SWAP file instead. There is a SWAP file even on   
   my 20.04 system, but I have concerns. I wrote a post on   
   comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage   
   about that.   
      
   Thanks for your answer about Rufus. Actually, the reason I know about   
   Rufus is because you told me about it years ago on usenet.   
      
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