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Experiment-0 How To Install NOOBS On The Raspberry Pi-1

This document provides instructions for installing NOOBS on a Raspberry Pi in 4 steps: 1. Download NOOBS onto a computer and extract the files. 2. Format an SD card in FAT format using formatting tools on Mac or Windows. 3. Drag and drop the extracted NOOBS files onto the formatted SD card. 4. Insert the SD card into the Raspberry Pi and boot it up to access the NOOBS menu to select an operating system to install.

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Experiment-0 How To Install NOOBS On The Raspberry Pi-1

This document provides instructions for installing NOOBS on a Raspberry Pi in 4 steps: 1. Download NOOBS onto a computer and extract the files. 2. Format an SD card in FAT format using formatting tools on Mac or Windows. 3. Drag and drop the extracted NOOBS files onto the formatted SD card. 4. Insert the SD card into the Raspberry Pi and boot it up to access the NOOBS menu to select an operating system to install.

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How to install NOOBS on the

Raspberry Pi
NOOBS has plenty of operating systems for us to choose from when we
reach that step – the most notable of which is Raspbian. For now, though
let’s concentrate on how to install NOOBS on the Raspberry Pi. We will
briefly discuss the operating system installations later, in our final step.

The optional easy route: buy a NOOBS SD card.

Installing NOOBS on an SD card isn’t hard, but it also isn’t necessary. If


you’d like, you can choose to buy an SD card that comes pre-loaded with
NOOBS. If you go that route, you can skip all the way to the final step!

If you want to do things yourself, though, just read on.

What you’ll need to install NOOBS on the Raspberry Pi

This project is pretty simple. Besides your Raspberry Pi and essential


peripherals, here’s all you’ll need:

 A computer with an SD card slot


 An SD or microSD card of at least 8 GB

Step 1: Download NOOBS and extract it

You’re going to use your computer to put NOOBS on an SD card – so step


one is to get NOOBS onto your computer!

Click here to head to the NOOBS download page.

The NOOBS download page will let you choose between NOOBS and
“NOOBS Lite.” NOOBS includes a full version of Raspbian, so you can
install that particular operating system without using the internet at all.
With NOOBS Lite, on the other hand, you’ll need a network connection to
install any of the operating systems NOOBS makes available – even
Raspbian.
Go ahead and choose whichever version you would like. NOOBS will
download as a .zip file, so before you do anything else, go ahead and extract
it.

Step 2: Format an SD card

Now you’re going to want to go ahead and stick your SD card into the
corresponding slot on your computer. You’re going to want to format it as
FAT. There are a few ways to do this:

On Mac or Windows, use the SD Association’s Formatting Tool (Mac


users can also just use the disk utility). Make sure the “Format size
adjustment” option is set to “on.” Then erase it in FAT (or MS-DOS)
format.

Step 3: Put the NOOBS files on the SD card

Now, just drag and drop the NOOBS files into your newly formatted SD
card. You want the files only, so if your .zip extracted to a folder, open that
folder up and select only the stuff inside of it.

Step 4: Put your SD card into your Raspberry Pi and boot it up


Once you have NOOBS on your SD card, using it is incredibly easy. Just put
the SD card into your Raspberry Pi and start that sucker up. As we said
before, while this guide is called “How to install NOOBS on the Raspberry
Pi,” the endgame here is actually to install an operating system like
Raspbian, LibreELEC, OSMC, or any of the others NOOBS gives you access
to.

This is the step in which that happens. After booting to NOOBS, you’ll be
greeted with a menu that will let you choose which operating system you’d
like to install on your Pi. Your menu may look a little bit different than the
one in the screenshot above, because NOOBS ingeniously adapts to your
generation and model of Raspberry Pi.

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