Raspberry Pi (Raspberry pi) to install and burn the operating system

The best way (earth way) is to directly buy an SD card with the operating system installed. The first thing to do after getting the Raspberry Pi is to install and burn the operating system.

The installation process is very simple. There are step-by-step installation instructions on the Raspberry Pi official website. Those who have passed the English test can directly read: https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/ .

Let's talk about how to install Raspberry Pi OS, the official operating system of Raspberry Pi, on a new Raspberry Pi through a Windows computer.

Step 1: Download tool software

On a computer with the Windows operating system installed, first download the two software through the following two links:

1) Raspberry Pi OS(https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/ )

This is the operating system that runs on the Raspberry Pi. After opening the above URL, we can see that there are three versions of Raspberry Pi OS to choose from, three

Each version is compatible with all Raspberry pi hardware. The first version is a version with a graphical desktop system and commonly used software, with a maximum size of 2.5G;

The second version is with a graphical desktop system but without common software; the third version is the lite version without a graphical desktop system, which means that if you install

With this version, you can only run in command line mode. Generally, our current SD cards have at least 16G, so don’t worry about not having enough space, just choose the first

versions. When downloading, you can choose to directly click Download (the button in the red circle) to download directly, but because the server is located abroad, the download speed is relatively slow.

One way is to click Download torrent to download the first kind of file, and then download Raspberry Pi OS through P2P download software (such as Thunder). please click browse

Download and save the tool to your Windows computer as prompted by your browser.

2) Raspberry Pi Imager (https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/)

This software is a tool that runs on a Windows computer and is used to install (burn) Raspberry Pi OS to an SD card. After opening the above URL, click the circle

Click the red button to download the Windows version of the Raspberry Pi Imager burning tool, follow the browser prompts to download and save the tool to the Windows computer.

Step Two: Install the Software

The operating system of the Raspberry Pi is installed on the SD card, so to install the operating system, an SD card must be prepared in advance and connected correctly through the card reader

Go to the computer and make sure the computer has recognized the SD card. On your Windows computer find the Raspberry Pi Imager and Raspberry Pi Imager you just downloaded

spberry Pi OS, as shown below:

Double-click imager_1.4.exe to install the Raspberry Pi Imager tool on the Windows computer. The installation process is very simple, just click all the way

One step to complete the installation, no configuration is required.

Step 3: Burn the system

Find the Raspberry Pi Imager tool in the Windows start menu, and click to open it.

After opening, the interface of this tool will pop up. It is very simple and only has three buttons. Click the first button (CHOOSE OS) to select the operating system to be installed, and directly

Pull to the end, select Use custom, click, select the Raspberry Pi OS that has been downloaded to the computer in the first step, and click Open

Otherwise, select CHOOSE SD in the next step (please make sure your SD card has been connected to your computer through a card reader, and the computer has recognized the SD card),

Select your SD card, and finally click WRITE, a prompt box will pop up, prompting you that all data on the SD card will be deleted, and start to install Raspberry Pi OS

Install to SD card. Click YES to start the installation. Wait for the Writing progress bar to change from 1% to 100%, and then it will automatically jump to the Verifying progress bar, wait for this

Also change from 1% to 100%, until the write successful dialog box pops up, click CONTINUE, then click the fork in the upper right corner to exit Raspberry Pi Imager,

The installation is complete. Remove the SD card from the computer and insert it into the Raspberry Pi to start the next step of system startup and initialization.

Step Four: Boot and Initialize the System

Connect the mouse and keyboard to the Raspberry Pi through the USB port (it is recommended to use a wireless mouse and keyboard, which can effectively avoid the possibility of encountering power supply problems of the Raspberry Pi),

Connect the display to the Raspberry Pi via an HDMI cable, insert the SD card that has burned the operating system in the third step above into the Raspberry Pi, and the last step is to power on.

After power on, after a while we can enter the desktop system of Raspberry Pi OS (based on Linux) like a normal computer.

When entering the system for the first time, you need to do some simple initialization settings. For those who have a computer and Linux foundation, you can follow the prompts, such as

If you are relatively inexperienced or more cautious, you can refer to the following series of pictures for initialization.

The first picture, it will prompt you to welcome the Raspberry Pi system, and prompt you to click Next to continue

In the second picture, select the country and language. In the picture, select China, Chinese, select Shanghai as the time zone, and click Next to continue

The third picture tells you that the default user name is pi, and the default password is raspberry. It reminds you to enter a new password. Enter your own password twice.

Click Next to continue

The fourth picture, look at your monitor, is there some area around 4 weeks showing black, not full screen display, if so, click on This screen shows...

select this box, and click Next to continue

The fifth picture, select the WIFI network you want to connect to, and click Next to continue

In the sixth picture, enter the password of the WIFI you want to connect to, and click Next to continue

The seventh picture reminds you to update the default application program of Raspberry Pi OS. If you do not require to use the latest version of the program,

You can click Skip to skip, otherwise click Next to automatically upgrade

The eighth picture, if you choose automatic upgrade in the seventh step, then about half an hour later (depending on the network speed), after the progress bar becomes 100%,

The following prompt will pop up, reminding that all software has been updated to the latest, click OK to confirm and complete.