# No success after trying in both a Windows and Ubuntu system

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**Category:** balenaEtcher\
**Created:** [September 10, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/no-success-after-trying-in-both-a-windows-and-ubuntu-system/368912 "2023-09-10T11:40:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![David495](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@David495](https://forums.balena.io/u/David495)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/no-success-after-trying-in-both-a-windows-and-ubuntu-system/368912/1 "2023-09-10T11:40:12Z")

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I have a thin client running xubuntu live from a USB drive #1. I am trying to add HomeAssistant (an img file on usb drive #2) to the folder casper -rw on drive #1. I can select the source and target but flash fails immediately. I have tried to do the same thing on my Windows desktop with drive #1 plugged into a port. Issue there is that I can not choose a specific target directory on drive #1. Only target that is listed is the drive #1/. Any thoughts?

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**Author:** ![alanb128](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/alanb128/32/2839_2.png) [@alanb128](https://forums.balena.io/u/alanb128)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/no-success-after-trying-in-both-a-windows-and-ubuntu-system/368912/2 "2023-09-15T01:39:47Z")

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Hello, image files (like the Home Assistant one) are meant to be written to an entire media, so you can’t just flash it to a folder, at least not with Etcher. They are usually also meant to be bootable, so even if you could write it to a folder, it probably would not work as intended. You’ll need a USB drive where you can write to the entire drive which will overwrite its contents.

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**Author:** ![David495](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@David495](https://forums.balena.io/u/David495)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/no-success-after-trying-in-both-a-windows-and-ubuntu-system/368912/3 "2023-09-15T14:16:11Z")

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Thanks now I understand