In fairness, for some reason Etcher works sometimes when other things don't. It might be because it is slower and doesn't overheat my usb sticks, I don't know,

In fairness, for some reason Etcher works sometimes when other things don't. It might be because it is slower and doesn't overheat my usb sticks, I don't know, but if nothing else works you can try etcher. (Not sure how I found out, can have been something I read or a recommendation by a colleague 3 a 7 years ago or something.)