O2Micro SD SCSI Disk Device \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 O2Micro SD SCSI Disk Device 1 3964584960 Make sure you select the correct drive, because all content on the drive will be erased! Click Write to flash the distribution to the SD card. The card will be formatted once it will be flashed.
Windows will display a message that the drive must be formatted first. If there is already a Linux distribution on the SD card, Windows might not be able to read the SD card.
To connect the micro SD card, use an SD card adapter and insert it in the SD card reader. Click on the button Extract and select a location where you want to extract the file. There will be just one file with the extension. 7-Zip File Manager can open the file and display its content. After the program is installed, start 7-Zip File Manager. 7zip is a good program to extract files in Windows. Some extra tools must be installed first.įirst, the file needs to be extracted. Windows does not include any program by default to extract the compressed file or flash images to an SD card. img fileĭownload the operation system/image file. Images fully overwrite the card’s contents, including the boot loader and the partition table. You do not need to format the SD card before use. Make sure you choose the SD card as the target device, or you can seriously damage your existing operating system.
Flashing an image will erase all files and partitions of the target device.