Update on my current situation
Manage to get into my account cannot delete my first account which is very buggy and Effects my other account a bit.my usb have bad sectors now after trying to install
An os whilst starting up.
In Windows you can’t see anything whereas in Manjaros there are files of the os. I can’t move any files or just put them into the bin. I can’t even install another os into it.its like the usb just broke.
Can someone please find a solution to this issue. PLEASE
when partitioning usb in linux i get this error
Create a new partition (29.29 GiB, ntfs) on ‘/dev/sdb’
Job: Create new partition on device ‘/dev/sdb’
Command: sfdisk --force --append /dev/sdb
Failed to add partition ‘New Partition’ to device ‘/dev/sdb’.
Checking that no-one is using this disk right now … OK
The device contains ‘iso9660’ signature and it may remain on the device. It is recommended to wipe the device with wipefs(8) or sfdisk --wipe, in order to avoid possible collisions.
Disk /dev/sdb: 29.3 GiB, 31457280000 bytes, 61440000 sectors
Disk model:
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xde0ebce0
Old situation:
/dev/sdb2: Start sector 0 out of range.
Failed to add #2 partition: Numerical result out of range
Leaving.
Failed to add partition ‘New Partition’ to device ‘/dev/sdb’.
Create new partition on device ‘/dev/sdb’: Error
Create a new partition (29.29 GiB, ntfs) on ‘/dev/sdb’: Error
Why are you partitioning a USB stick intended for installing Manjaro, not to mention putting an NTFS filesystem on it?
The .iso file is a filesystem image and should be written to the USB stick block for block, not as a file.
If the USB stick is /dev/sdb ─ do make sure of that! ─ then you should do something like… 
dd if=/path/to/the/file.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=4096 status=progress
… and let it finish.
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Manjaro ISO is ext4 - windows cannot read ext4.
On Windows use Rufus - and don’t be alarmed that windows cannot show the files. If rufus don’t complain the stick is OK.
Because Manjaro ISO uses ISO9660 you cannot create a partition in the empty space - if you need a multi purpose stick read this article
If you need to repurpose your stick
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issues fixed thanks guys
How to fix it ?
Rufus is not an option here. It forces dd mode because of the strange, hybrid mode which “its creator have not made compatible with ISO/File copy mode”.
Not working with any computer I’ve tested it on. Writing the simpler image of another distribution like Fedora works everywhere.
I suppose there was a good reason to make it like so, but I would definitely suggest an easier image format if that is possible at all, I’m having the same problem every time when I can’t write the image from Linux.
PS: lately tested with Rufus 3.17p, no success.
EDIT: only viable option on Windows, you can boostrap the whole process with VirtualBox, which is quickly installed, and create a small VM to boot your .iso and write it on an USB:
- install VirtualBox (or VMWare if you really must, but VirtualBox offers more options)
- plug your USB key, maybe you need to format it first (especially if you tried to use Rufus before)
- create a small virtual machine for Linux, for ex for Arch. No need for a big HD nor a lot of memory
- in the virtual machine configuration, add a share to this USB key
- add a shared directory where you can store the manjaro.iso file
- use the same .iso file as booting image
- start the virtual machine, it should boot the very image you’re trying to write
- select your keyboard and locale if necessary
- boot (with open-source drivers, doesn’t matter much)
- open a terminal, don’t use the usual ctrl-alt-T which opens something weird by default, do alt-F2 and type xfce4-terminal (or equivalent in GNOME or KDE)
- sudo lsblk to see what device is your USB key (or sudo fdisk -l, or …)
- from there, use dd to write the image, and that’s it