Getting Started with Raspbian - Learning Raspbian - page 15

Writing the image using Windows
To write the Raspbian image to an SD card using Windows, you need a software
program that is capable of performing the task. There are several programs available,
but we will be using a program called Win32 Disk Imager. Win32 Disk Imager is an
open source tool designed to write image files to a removable storage device such as
an SD card or USB drive. You can get Win32 Disk Imager from http://sourceforge.
net/projects/win32diskimager/ . Its icon will look like the following:

The steps to be performed for writing the image using Windows are as follows:

1. The first step is to insert the SD card into your computer.
2. You then need to download and install Win32 Disk Imager.
3. Once you have done this, you need to run the file that you have just
downloaded and install Win32 Disk Imager.

4. You need to run Win32 Disk Imager as an administrator. To do

this, right-click on the Win32DiskImager shortcut and click on
Run as Administrator .

5. Once you have launched Win32 Disk Imager, you should see the

following screen:

6. You now need to click on the folder button and browse to the Raspbian

image that you downloaded previously. At the time of writing this topic,
the image file is called 2015-01-31-wheezy-raspbian.img . The file might
be compressed inside a zip file. If this is the case, you will need to extract
the .img file first.