install Raspbian from .img on windows

Question

I just download a .img file, and formatted my SD card. Now, what should I do in order to install the distribution on the card for raspberry boot?

Formatting was a completely unnessessary step, you are just going to blow that partition away anyway, the IMG you dowloaded is not just a file, it is aa disk image complete with partitions and formatting intact. See the question linked as a duplicate for details. — Caleb, Feb 15 '14 at 18:52
Just want to add a little. Use SD Formatter to format SD cards. — Widi Widiyanto, Jan 02 '17 at 23:36

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 16 '14 at 10:14

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You don't tell us which .img you downloaded or what you've already tried.

Or you could try NOOBS instead, that's another way to do it and very very easy. Just unpack the zip to the sd card. See here.

answered Feb 16 '14 at 10:14

francis

Seems to be a good alternative, but I wanted to use a special .img, thanks – Thomas Feb 17 '14 at 18:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 17 '14 at 02:33

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Simply use WinDiskImager. Just select your file and drive and hit write.

answered Feb 17 '14 at 02:33

Mikeybot

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