calm basin
Alright here's the rundown:
I thought it would be fun to get Nobara. I have never done anything Linux-related before. I was an idiot and didn't make an online backup.
While setting up Nobara I accidentally hit the wrong button when establishing partitions, and I overwrote the entire SSD instead of creating an empty partition for Linux. Poof, there goes Windows and everything on Windows.
When trying to repair Windows using the advanced options/tools in the startup repair menu, nothing happens. I click the button to reset from previous state, and it does nothing but drops me back to the repair main menu. If there's a fix for this without the USB, pitch it please
I then went the USB Boot route.
Since then, I have been struggling with this USB stick and it won't work.
When attempting to format the USB stick, I get the error that the USB stick does not exist.
"dd: failed to open 'dev/sda1': No such file or directory"
However, the USB drive does appear on fdisk and lsblk.
Moreover, before this issue appeared, I could not write to the USB without encountering an error that I have "insufficient permissions"
These are some of my attempts at fixing the device:
Format with Gparted
"Error opening /dev/sda: No such device or address" (This is the path to the USB stick, I verified it multiple times)
Wipe with dd
"dd: failed to open 'dev/sda1': No such file or directory"
Use UNetBootin to write the Windows 11 ISO and the USB stick together
Result: Upon trying to boot up the USB stick, it just sends me to the Fedora boot screen. Yes, this is the same USB I used to intall Nobara/Fedora. However, I formated the stick afterwards utilizing Gparted and then attempted to install windows. UNetBootin did not spit out any errors while formatting, and the USB stick seemed ready to give me back windows.
Use CMD to access ISO
Result: Gave me an error about insufficient permissions AND an unrecognized file type.
Theory: USB is either dead or I heavily messed up the format process
