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I'm having an error I cannot seem to get around. I have updated my Android Studio, and I have checked the SHA256 to the Factory Image here:

https://developers.google.com/android/images

Specifically, this link https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/crosshatch-pq1a.181205.006-factory-96b23504.zip

I am getting the following log, it looks like it is failing on flashing the vendor file, I have done this successfully many time, not really sure where to go from here. Any help appreciated.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063]
(c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>cd..

C:\Windows>cd..

C:\>cd Android/sdk/platform-tools

C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools>dir
Volume in drive C is SSD1GB
Volume Serial Number is 84D7-1A11

Directory of C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools

12/04/2018 12:47 PM <DIR> .
12/04/2018 12:47 PM <DIR> ..
10/06/2018 08:56 PM 1,868,800 adb.exe
10/06/2018 08:56 PM 97,792 AdbWinApi.dll
10/06/2018 08:56 PM 62,976 AdbWinUsbApi.dll
10/06/2018 08:56 PM <DIR> api
11/21/2018 11:31 AM 8,693,544 bootloader-crosshatch-b1c1-0.1-5034669.img
11/12/2018 12:23 PM 33,161,216 bootloader-marlin-8996-012001-1808030001.img
12/04/2018 12:04 PM <DIR> crosshatch-pq1a.181205.006-factory-96b23504
12/03/2018 10:43 PM 1,812,226,407 crosshatch-pq1a.181205.006-factory-96b23504.zip
10/06/2018 08:56 PM 152,576 dmtracedump.exe
10/06/2018 08:56 PM 326,656 etc1tool.exe
10/06/2018 08:56 PM 840,704 fastboot.exe
10/07/2018 08:12 AM 5,309,571 FireTabletSettings.apk
11/21/2018 11:31 AM 1,002 flash-all.bat
11/21/2018 11:31 AM 957 flash-all.sh
11/21/2018 11:31 AM 901 flash-base.sh
10/06/2018 08:56 PM 41,472 hprof-conv.exe
11/21/2018 11:31 AM 1,768,017,174 image-crosshatch-pq1a.181205.006.zip
10/06/2018 08:56 PM <DIR> lib64
10/06/2018 08:56 PM 208,577 libwinpthread-1.dll
10/06/2018 08:56 PM 319,488 make_f2fs.exe
11/12/2018 12:23 PM <DIR> marlin
10/06/2018 08:56 PM 1,170 mke2fs.conf
10/06/2018 08:56 PM 986,112 mke2fs.exe
10/06/2018 08:56 PM 386,778 NOTICE.txt
10/06/2018 08:57 PM 17,208 package.xml
11/21/2018 11:31 AM 72,855,692 radio-crosshatch-g845-00023-180917-b-5014671.img
10/06/2018 08:56 PM 38 source.properties
10/06/2018 08:56 PM 1,251,840 sqlite3.exe
10/06/2018 08:57 PM <DIR> systrace
11/18/2018 11:34 PM 67,108,864 twrp.img
25 File(s) 3,773,937,515 bytes
7 Dir(s) 70,434,861,056 bytes free

C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot devices
8AVY0RH3B fastboot

C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot reboot recovery
rebooting into recovery FAILED (Status read failed (Too many links))
Finished. Total time: 16.717s

C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot devices
8AVY0RH3B fastboot

C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools>flash-all
Sending 'bootloader_b' (8489 KB) OKAY [ 0.300s]
Writing 'bootloader_b' (bootloader) Flashing Pack version b1c1-0.1-5034669
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 0
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 1
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 2
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 4
(bootloader) Flashing partition table for Lun = 5
(bootloader) Flashing partition msadp_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition xbl_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition xbl_config_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition aop_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition tz_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition hyp_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition abl_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition keymaster_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition cmnlib_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition cmnlib64_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition devcfg_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition qupfw_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition storsec_b
(bootloader) Flashing partition logfs
OKAY [ 0.203s]
Finished. Total time: 0.686s
rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.050s]
Finished. Total time: 0.053s
Sending 'radio_b' (71148 KB) OKAY [ 1.750s]
Writing 'radio_b' (bootloader) Flashing Pack version SSD:g845-00023-180917-B-5014671
(bootloader) Flashing partition modem_b
OKAY [ 0.300s]
Finished. Total time: 2.233s
rebooting into bootloader OKAY [ 0.050s]
Finished. Total time: 0.052s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: b1c1-0.1-5034669
Baseband Version.....: g845-00023-180917-B-5014671
Serial Number........: 8AVY0RH3B
--------------------------------------------
Checking product OKAY [ 0.060s]
Checking version-bootloader OKAY [ 0.059s]
Checking version-baseband OKAY [ 0.058s]
extracting boot.img (64 MB) to disk... took 0.272s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'boot_other.img'
extracting dtbo.img (8 MB) to disk... took 0.025s
archive does not contain 'dtbo.sig'
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'odm.img'
extracting product.img (194 MB) to disk... took 0.876s
archive does not contain 'product.sig'
archive does not contain 'product-services.img'
archive does not contain 'recovery.img'
archive does not contain 'super.img'
extracting system.img (2158 MB) to disk... took 12.024s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting system_other.img (418 MB) to disk... took 2.499s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
extracting vbmeta.img (0 MB) to disk... took 0.002s
archive does not contain 'vbmeta.sig'
extracting vendor.img (445 MB) to disk... took 2.978s
archive does not contain 'vendor.sig'
archive does not contain 'vendor_other.img'
Sending 'boot_b' (65536 KB) OKAY [ 1.570s]
Writing 'boot_b' OKAY [ 0.231s]
Sending 'dtbo_b' (8192 KB) OKAY [ 0.271s]
Writing 'dtbo_b' OKAY [ 0.091s]
Sending 'product_b' (199620 KB) OKAY [ 4.597s]
Writing 'product_b' OKAY [ 0.627s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 1/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.219s]
Writing sparse 'system_b' 1/9 OKAY [ 0.061s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 2/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.276s]
Writing sparse 'system_b' 2/9 OKAY [ 0.364s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 3/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.232s]
Writing sparse 'system_b' 3/9 OKAY [ 0.364s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 4/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.182s]
Writing sparse 'system_b' 4/9 OKAY [ 0.366s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 5/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.202s]
Writing sparse 'system_b' 5/9 OKAY [ 0.364s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 6/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.212s]
Writing sparse 'system_b' 6/9 OKAY [ 0.365s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 7/9 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.222s]
Writing sparse 'system_b' 7/9 OKAY [ 0.366s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 8/9 (258820 KB) OKAY [ 6.183s]
Writing sparse 'system_b' 8/9 OKAY [ 0.365s]
Sending sparse 'system_b' 9/9 (116836 KB) OKAY [ 2.793s]
Writing sparse 'system_b' 9/9 OKAY [ 0.368s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 1/2 (262140 KB) OKAY [ 6.248s]
Writing sparse 'system_a' 1/2 OKAY [ 0.364s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 2/2 (166544 KB) OKAY [ 3.972s]
Writing sparse 'system_a' 2/2 OKAY [ 0.837s]
Sending 'vbmeta_b' (4 KB) OKAY [ 0.118s]
Writing 'vbmeta_b' OKAY [ 0.068s]
Sending sparse 'vendor_b' 1/2 (262140 KB) FAILED (Error reading sparse file)
Finished. Total time: 112.265s
Press any key to exit...

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UPDATE: Curse the USB-C to USB-C cable from Google. Used a 3rd party USB-A to USB-C and it worked just fine.