#Balenaetcher doesnt run windows install#

You should be able to boot your computer, select the USB drive as the boot device, and then install Linux. When this is all done, just close the program and your new USB device should be ready. On USB 2.0 it takes a bit, so be prepared to wait – but not terribly long. That could take a little while, though not all that long if you’re using USB 3.0. It looks like this: Click the ‘flash’ option and wait patiently while it does its job. There’s just one step remaining! You need to click the Flash button and wait for it to do its job writing the. Be very careful at this stage! This step can go horribly wrong! So, that will be the smaller flash drive in most cases and will look something like this: Select the right flash drive. The target in this case means the USB drive that you want to write the. Then, you’ll click ‘Flash from file’ and doing so will let you navigate to and select the. In this case, you’ll pick “Flash from file”. It’ll look something like this when you first open it. If you can’t get it installed or running from the AppImage, just leave a comment and I’ll talk you through it for your system. I’m going to assume you got it to work properly. With all those pieces in place, balenaEtcher is fairly self-explanatory. That’ll vary depending on your OS, but they even have. Either way, you’ll need to download balenaEtcher (maybe install it) and then run it. If you download the AppImage, be sure to make it executable before trying to run it. It’s available for everything from Linux to MacOS.ĭownload the correct version for the operating system you’re currently using. If you scroll down, you’ll see many download options. It covers booting to something other than your default drive.įinally, you’re going to need balenaEtcher. That link will take you to an article that covers that, and includes DVD.

#Balenaetcher doesnt run windows how to#

You’re also going to need to know how to boot to USB. iso to eliminate it as a source of problems. I have no way of knowing what that is, so here’s an article about picking the distro that’s right for you. ISO from the distro you’re trying to install. It needs to be large enough to meet the requirements of your distro – usually 4 GB is adequate. Well, it needn’t be blank but it should be. You’re going to need a blank USB drive, like a thumb drive. That makes it fit for purpose and is why it is getting its own article. balenaEtcher is just one of many tools to do this, but it is both simple and effective. ISO files to USBs so that you can boot from them and install Linux. BalenaEtcher is a free software tool used to write.