This message is in response to a message that I received as a PM about issues with writing an image.
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Thank you David.
Unfortunately the image cannot be written. The image writer and also BalenaEtcher give errors. I tried to mount the image and got the message: image corrupted.
Do you think the image is corrupted or am I doing something wrong?
Hope you can help me.
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I downloaded the .zip file from OneDrive and extracted the clara-hd.img file. The SHA-256 hashes for both the .zip file and the extracted clara_hd.img files matched the hashes on my local copies.
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#sha256#Kobo_N249_Clara_HD_4_38_21908.zip: 6FB0B3272C93C0020C4394C39F2D4FA314B4865DA7DFC801E557D529418F1265
#sha256#clara_hd.img: D00F94614E2F8062F43FBB5F82FF21FF11F58F5C8E85C60E7D119750E5DAA210
The file size for the clara_hd.img file was 7,948,206,080 bytes.
I then wrote the image to a 128GB card using the USB Duplicator Image Writer for the first attempt and BalenaEtcher for the second attempt. Both times the image wrote without issues. Minitool Partition Wizard had no issues with either attempt when I extended the FAT32 partition.
One question that came to mind is if an attempt was made to re-use the original µSD card or if a replacement from a reputable vendor was used? Very often the original µSD card is having issues and should not be re-used.
I've attached some screenshots of USB Duplicator Image Writer.exe after finishing the write process, BalenaEtcher during the verification phase and when finished, MiniTool Partition wizard showing the partition structure before modification and from 7-Zip when I used it to open the clara_hd.img file as an archive.
One note is that Windows thinks .img files are pictures and will not mount them as disk images.