Write OS to SD card

The SD card will hold the operating system. On the Raspberry Pi website, on the download page, you can find the Imager tool. Select the version for your computer, download, and install it.

Start the Imager and follow these steps:

1. Put the SD Card in your computer
2. Click “Choose Device” and select your type of board
3. Click “Choose OS” > “Raspberry Pi OS (64-bit)” (or 32-bit for an older board)
4. Click “Choose Storage” and select your SD card
5. Click “Next”
6. In the “Use OS customisation?” screen, click “Edit Settings”
7. In “General”, fill in a name for your board, login, password, wifi settings, etc.
8. In “Services”, enable SSH with password authentication
9. In “Options” you can disable telemetry.
10. Back in the “Use OS customisation?” screen, click “Yes”
11. Confirm with “Yes” that all data on the SD Card can be overwritten
12. Wait until “Writing” and “Verifying” are finished
13. You can now take the SD Card out of your computer, and put it in the Raspberry Pi