Here is the step by step tutorial to getting started BalenaEtcher to know how you can use Etcher for creating bootable USB flash drives.
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Creating a bootable USB flash drive, CD or DVD is the maiden step to give new life to your existing or brand new PC with a new operating system. There are several programs you can use, for creating a bootable USB flash drive, available for different platforms, but most of them are complex, and if not that, you will face a hard time dealing with the tools and the options available for creating a bootable USB flash drive. But you will mostly need two things to create a bootable USB flash drive. An image file, and a USB flash drive to write the same on. If you are having these two things, you are ready to create a bootable USB flash drive.
BalenaEtcher is thus, perfect for the purpose. It doesn’t have unnecessary options to confuse you. BalenaEtcher offers a very simple and intuitive user interface, where you just have to select the image file and the USB flash drive to create a bootable USB stick. Though you can obviously change some necessary settings, the default settings should work without any issues at all. Unlike most other programs, BalenaEtcher is available for Windows 10/8/7, Linux, and Mac OS, which means you will never have to look for new programs to create bootable USB flash drives, lest you switch platforms.
How to install and use BalenaEtcher
Step 1: Download & install Etcher on Windows 10/7
Download and install BalenaEtcher for Windows. The installation of the program on Windows is similar to the installation of other programs on Windows.
If you are using Linux, you can download the source code of BalenaEtcher from GitHub from the same link above, and compile the same to use it.
Step 2: Insert a USB drive
Once the installation is complete, insert the USB flash drive for making the bootable USB flash drive and open Etcher from the desktop shortcut menu or from the start menu.
Step 3: Select a bootable image for Etcher
You will get the following user interface. Just click on ‘Select image’ and choose the image for creating the bootable USB flash drive. BalenaEtcher support several image formats like ISO, BIN, DMG, IMG, ETCH, and many more. Chances are very less, you will have an image with the format not supported by BalenaEtcher.
Step 4: Select the connected USB flash drive on BalenaEtcher
Next, choose the USB flash drive that you want to make bootable. If only a single USB storage device is connected, it will be automatically be selected, else you can click on ‘Change’ to choose a different USB flash drive connected to the system.
Just select the desired USB storage device and click on ‘Continue’.
Step 5: Flash ! to create a bootable USB drive
Finally, click on ‘Flash!’ to create the bootable USB flash drive with the default settings.
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Once the process starts, flashing will take some time depending upon the size of the bootable image, and the speed supported by the USB flash drive.
The process of flashing will be followed by validation, after which you will be able to boot from the USB flash drive.
The USB flash drive might get ejected and connected once the process is over, just before the validation process. Don’t worry about it. Once the process is successfully completed, the drive will be ejected automatically, if you don’t change the default settings.
BalenaEtcher is the simplest tool for creating bootable USB flash drives. The user interface is not complex at all, and most newbies can use the software at ease. There aren’t settings that you will find difficult understanding, in BalenaEtcher.
Step 6: Flash Complete, Eject the drive
On getting the ‘Flash Complete!‘ message, you can exit Etcher or starting flashing another USB flash drive.
So that was it. Do you have any questions about using BalenaEtcher? Feel free to comment the same down below.
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If your Mac suddenly refuses to boot up properly, you might need bootable macOS install USB to make repairs. But how do you create such a disk if all you're left with is a Windows 10 computer? Fortunately, there's a great tool that you can use for free to create bootable macOS media on a USB drive in a Windows 10 environment. This article shows you how to download a macOS DMG file, format a USB drive using a GUID Partition Table, burn the DMG to the drive and boot your Mac from the USB. All the steps except the last one are done on a Windows 10 machine.
Part 1: Download macOS or Mac OS X DMG File
The first step is to get the DMG disk image file for the version of macOS that you want. You can get a copy of the latest macOS version from Apple download portal or App Store here. There are also several other direct download sites that offer various versions of Mac OS X in DMG format rather than the standard APP format that runs on Mac. Since you're working in a Windows environment, you need the DMG rather than the APP file.
Part 2: Format USB Drive to GPT
Mostly, the USB drive was formmated to FAT32 in default when being shipped out from the factory. However, FAT32 can be only used for installing OS with legacy BISO, which doesn't work for macOS. So the next step is to format your USB drive in the GPT partition style in order to burn installation files to the desired USB drive. You can do this in Command Prompt as admin. In elevated Command Prompt (Ctrl+Shift+Enter), input the following series of commands followed by Enter after each line:
Diskpart
List disk
Select Disk X (X stands for the USB drive name that appears after the previous command)
Clean
Convert GPT
Create partition primary
Diskpart
List disk
Select Disk X (X stands for the USB drive name that appears after the previous command)
Clean
Convert GPT
Create partition primary
Part 3: Create Bootable macOS USB from Windows 10
You have now formatted the partition of USB drive. It's time to download TransMac for Windows. Although this is a premium software, you can use the initial free trial period to create a bootable macOS USB drive on Windows 10. After installing the application, follow the sequence of steps shown below:
Step 1: Right-click the icon and select Run as Administrator from the contextual menu. Choose Run when prompted.
Step 2: Insert your formatted USB drive, and you will be able to see it in the TransMac software on the left panel.
Step 3: Right-click the USB and select Restore with Disk Image in the contextual menu. Click Yes in the warning popup.
Step 4: You will see a window that says Restore Disk Image to Drive. Here, select your DMG file in the dropdown menu and click OK.
Depending on the system configuration, this can take anywhere from a few minutes to a couple of hours. Once the progress bar is at 100%, a bootable USB is ready.
Part 4: Boot macOS Install USB on Mac
Now remove the USB drive and insert it into the Mac computer. To boot from the disk, you need to hold down the option key when you hear the boot chime. This will take you to the Startup Disk Manager, where you should be able to see the USB drive. It might have a different name, but as long as it is bootable, you'll be able to see it there. Once you select it, the computer will boot from the disk and the macOS installation will begin.
Conclusion:
The whole process might look a bit complicated if this is your first time, but just follow the instructions in this article and you should be fine. That being said, you need to be careful when downloading the DMG file and formatting your USB drive. If you don't do these two steps correctly, the output drive from the TransMac software won't be bootable, which means you can't install macOS using it, and you may need to do the whole thing over again.