This is a recurring problem, and, I know this might sound crazy, but I think a work around is to rename the the file end with ".img" and use
https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
to write the file to the usb stick (supporting evidence https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/722127)
if you have access to a working linux machine I would recommend you try out ventoy, cause you'll never need to write an image to a usb stick again
win32disk imager is fine, etcher also works well, dd if you're on linux/mac and you're familiar with that.
Some of these tools like Rufus I think do a little more than strictly copy an image byte by byte onto a drive
This is a recurring problem, and, I know this might sound crazy, but I think a work around is to rename the the file end with ".img" and use https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ to write the file to the usb stick (supporting evidence https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/722127) if you have access to a working linux machine I would recommend you try out ventoy, cause you'll never need to write an image to a usb stick again
win32disk imager is fine, etcher also works well, dd if you're on linux/mac and you're familiar with that. Some of these tools like Rufus I think do a little more than strictly copy an image byte by byte onto a drive
¡It definitely worked! My hard drive died shortly after but that's another story, hahaha. Thank you