targetupdater doesn't recognize laptop built-in or usb microSD card reader

I'm trying to write the Raspberry Pi 2 image to a freshly formatted SD card but the 'targetupdater' utility won't recognize the laptop's SD card reader.

I'm using a new Dell Inspiron 7000 series laptop with Windows 10.

targetupdader fails to read the laptop's built-in SD card reader and also fails to read a new external USB SanDisk microSD card reader.

It doesn't even show up in the targetupdater pull down menu despite multiple refreshes. Targetupdater works on Windows 7 machines with an external reader but not Windows 10 and the Dell Inspiron 7000.

No workee.

The targetupdater GUI in 2014b is broken.

Answer 1

[Madhu Govindarajan]

Is the SD card recognized by your Windows OS?? If the answer is yes, then try opening MATLAB as and administrator and then use targetupdater. This should resolve your issue.