Emergency disk creation - drivers

[CharlieB]

The type of the file system is FAT32.
Access is denied.

I would reformat the drive as NTFS.

If there is data that you want to keep, you have a few options...

1. Boot into a Linux Live system and copy the data over to a new location.

https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials...ing-linux/ 

Reformat, and copy the data back to the drive.

2. Use a tool such as MiniTool Partition Wizard to change the format from FAT32 to NTFS.

3. Open an elevated Command prompt, and run the following...

convert DriveLetter: /fs:ntfs

Example -

convert E: /fs:ntfs

Access is denied only showed up when I ran chkdsk in Powershell, not from normal command line, so I don't know if that is a red herring.  The USB currently has the Hasleo emergency disk burned to it using Rufus, so I can't imagine the formatting is a problem.

The guys at Hasleo obviously don't like a problem to beat them as they have sent me a couple of new versions to try so far.  They have identified that the current release version seems to think that this particular USB drive (SanDisk Cruzer Edge) is an HDD/SDD.  The latest version I have tested now recognises the USB, but fails at the burning stage.

Hats off to Hasleo for persisting at what must be an isolated problem and not something that stops me from using HBS, as I  am still able to create the emergency disk via the ISO or on another brand of USB.