I have tried to flash the latest 32-bit image to a Sandisk High Endurance 32 GB MicroSD via a TS-RDF5 SD Transcend USB 3.0 on Windows 10 Pro 21H2 (OS Build 19044.2486).
With Etcher Portable 1.7.9, the writing is OK, but the verification fails at 19 %.
With Raspberry Pi Imager 1.7.4, the writing is OK, and the verification fails after reaching 100 %.
I tried to flash another Raspberri Pi image, and it works fine. Any clue on why this is happening?
So I have tried the same cards on another computer, using the embedded card reader and writing the image just went fine. I did not try the USB card reader on the other machine, I will proceed with this if/when I get the opportunity. So the main suspect for now is the USB card reader, eventually the computer, or potentially both.