The pendrive is already formatted, in FAT 32, you have loaded the Android ISO and you have made sure that the partition type is MBR, BIOS or UEFI. Now you can give start in Rufus , and create your bootable USB drive, from which we will start Android. Once everything is finished, run Rufus. You will receive a warning from Windows asking if you want to allow Rufus to make changes to your device, simply click “Yes”. With Rufus running, go ahead and choose your USB drive from the list in the top drop-down bar . This is a crucial step to get exactly what we want, since Rufus will erase everything in the unit in question. If you have more than one removable drive inserted in your PC, check the letter of the unit to make sure you are formatting the correct one. When you have both files downloaded, you will run Rufus, with your pendrive or flash connected to the computer. Choose the USB drive that is connected, and create a boot disk with the ISO you have downloaded. Make sure that the pendrive is in FAT 32 format before carrying out the whole process, Rufus itself will indicate it to you.
If you still have decided to continue with the process of installing Android on your PC, here are the steps you should follow. We are talking about an installation from scratch of an operating system on your computer, so take it easy, and follow the guide to the end.įirst of all, we are going to need a USB flash to boot the operating system. We recommend using, at least, a USB of 4 GB of memory. Whenever possible, use one of quality, and if it can be 3.0 better than better. First of all, make a backup of all your data, in the cloud, on an external hard drive or wherever you want, but we will delete absolutely all the programs and settings of the PC, so keep that in mind.įrom the Android x86 page we will download the latest available version, in this case, Android 7.1 Nougat, one of the most stable and reliable versions of Android. Apart from the operating system, we are going to download Rufus, the best free tool to create bootable USB drives.
ADVERTISEMENT - Android as an operating systemįirst of all, be warned that Android is an operating system designed for smartphones and that it is not even optimized enough for tablets. In a computer, using Android as the main OS may not be a very good idea, since you are 100% dependent on Play Store applications, and these can not be compared to desktop systems.