My USB is basically gone after 'diskutil zeroDisk /dev/disk2'. What do I do? My USB was screwed up after I did something wrong while using bootcamp (don't remember the details).
I did a bunch of stuff but it doesn't really matter as here's the current situation:
My USB won't show up on the desktop. It's in Disk Utility, with the main disk seeming normal and WinInstall blanked out and saying 'Not Mounted'. In previous attempts, whenever I tried to erase or mount it, the usb would disappear. I do not know what I should do anymore. It has currently disappeared again and I'm reinserting the USB to get it back up in Disk Utility
(Please don't mention Finder&gt;Preferences&gt;External Disks because I checked it already)
(First Aid also fails to do anything with the WinInstall volume, but it succeeds in the general VenderCo disk that's above it.)
I need to format the WinInstall volume but do not need the files on this USB to be recovered, although if it were possible it would be great.
There is so much going on with your operating system and in the comments, I would take the USB drive to another computer to test it. Then you can have possibly two follow on questions.
One to address erasing a USB or knowing it is flakey.
A second question where you ask how to get your Mac in a desired state. (Like how to erase install macOS.)