How to write Raspberry images on an SD card in a simple and fast way with Etcher?
Writing images on SD cards is a fairly common practice for those who work with Raspberry Pi cards. In fact, SD cards can be considered real “hard drives” for Raspberry systems. Several operating systems can be installed on them, such as Raspbian (Linux version of Debian for Raspberry), Ubuntu, Noobs and even a Windows version ( … ? ). The great versatility lies in the fact that they can be switched between them quickly: just turn off Raspberry Pi, replace the SD card with another and the game is done, we have a new operating system active.
Write images on SD card with Etcher
So it was natural that sooner or later an application would be developed that would greatly simplify this procedure. It’s just been released that the Etcher application was released. This software, running on all operating systems, makes it quick and schematic to write to SD card. Moreover, this simplicity also makes it possible to do it in remarkable security (will you never mistake to format the wrong partition ? :))
Download Etcher from the official page There is a version for both Windows and Linux and Mac.
Once you’ve installed Etcher on your PC, run it by clicking the LP icon on the desktop.
You will see a window like the following.
As you can see the use of the application is very simple and is reduced to the essentials. We have the 3 steps to run in sequence.
- Choice of an image on your PC
- Choice of the SD card partition
- Writing the image on the SD card
If you still do not have an image to install, choose the operating system you prefer and download it from the official page of Raspberry Pi. On this page are all operating systems that currently work on Raspberry cards.
Once you have written to SD card (usually takes a few minutes), you will see a message that the operation is over. Now is the time to load the SD card on your Raspberry Pi and start working …. What are you waiting for? ?