Windows 11 Trying to create a bootable drive for my Windows 11 Laptop, as a back-up in case something happens... Can't get Media Tool to detect external drive.

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Kyle [Red] Hilton

Hello, all I'm trying to create a 64-bit Windows 11 Home back-up bootable drive for a rainy day .... (They tend to happen, here and there. I figured that next time it did, I'd be prepared.) I have an SD Card, with 32GB of storage capacity, which I have formatted to a FAT32 file format. When running the Media Creation tool, upon reaching the prompt to select a drive, there's just a message that it did not detect any external drives, though, the drive is clearly connected to the device, and I can navigate to it within the File Explorer (also the switch is set to the unlocked position on the d

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