Thank you for letting me know that dd version 8.25 will show progress if I use "status=progress" in command
I see what you mean now looking at my edit.
I have re-edited the post, and changed where it previously read, "it has fixed it", to "wipefs has fixed it".
Quote:I hadn't realized until I read the info Scott gave me, just how devious the manufacturers are with the hidden files.
I didn't realize that either until I read what he posted. Very annoying isn't it? A couple of years ago I also bought one of those WD Passport Drives for my dad and used it to make a clone of his Windows system. I do remember it had some kind of extra junk software on it, but don't think I had to resort to measures you did. Pretty sure I just deleted it before using the drive, just like you assumed would work on your drive.
Yes the junk software is very annoying. It reminds me of those windows software that want to do everything that I would avoid installing.