Installing Android on a PC with windows 7. Installing Android on a laptop: a bootable USB flash drive and a full-fledged OS

This guide is about how to run Android on a computer or laptop, as well as set it as operating system(main or additional), if suddenly there was such a need. What could it be useful for? Just for experimentation, or, for example, on an old netbook, Android may well work relatively quickly, despite the weakness of the hardware.

On January 14, 2016, a promising operating system was released (while still in alpha version) remix system OS for PC built on Android based x86, but offering significant improvements in the user interface specifically for android usage on the computer.

Among these improvements:

• A complete multi-window interface for multitasking (with the ability to minimize the window, maximize it to full screen, etc.).
• Similar to the taskbar and start menu, as well as a notification area similar to that present in Windows
• Desktop with shortcuts, interface settings for use on a regular PC.

Just like Android x86, Remix OS can be run in LiveCD (Guest Mode) or installed on a hard drive.

Download Remix OS for Legacy and UEFI systems you can from the official site (the download kit has its own utility for creating a bootable USB flash drive with the OS): http://www.jide.com/remixos-for-pc.

By the way, that the first, that the second option you can run in virtual machine on my computer - the steps will be similar (however, not everything may work, for example, I could not start Remix OS in Hyper-V).

Two more similar versions of Android adapted for use on computers and laptops - and.

This article will explain, including all examples and details, how to install Android on your tablet, smartphone, or other devices.

Also there will be a large number of advice about this.

Step #1. Installing and obtaining ROOT rights

• Click on this button and the program will download;
• Click on the downloaded file and open the Kingo program Android ROOT. (Press "YES" if the system asks permission to start.);

• Inside the program, we can see that the device is not connected yet. We connect our phone via usb;

• We will also need to enable debugging mode (in the program itself there will be pictures with instructions on how to do this). If the instructions are not enough for you, then you need to find the "developer menu" and enable the "USB debugging" option;

1.6. After our program has seen the device, the "ROOT" button will appear;
1.7. We click on it. Ready! You have received ROOT rights to your device.

Step #2. Update Recovery on your device

The next step is to update Recovery.

Recovery or special boot mode - a special mode on the device, thanks to which you can restore the system or download updates for it.

Recovery installation

For Recovery installations we will use the application - ROM Manager, this program specially made for easy access to the Recovery system.

• To begin with, we must go from our gadget to the ROM Manager website;
• Click on the download button and download this application;

• Next, go to the downloads and click "Install application";
• We go to ROM Manager. And immediately we see the button "CloclworkMod" in the main menu.

Click on it and the application is updated to the latest version;

• The top line will be the name of the model of your gadget. Click on it;

• Next, Recovery will be installed and downloaded to your device (This action requires an Internet connection);

• Recovery has been updated and you can move on to the next item with peace of mind.

Advice! Use ROM Manager carefully and follow the instructions, do not press unnecessary buttons, otherwise you can turn your phone into a brick.

Step #3. Data backup

Backup- this is the storage of your data on the device, it can be partial and complete. In our case, complete.

Start backup

For this we will also use the same ROM Manager.

• We go to ROM Manager;

• Then select the line to save the current ROM. We save the file so that we can find it at any time (we write all the names, save the file under a name convenient for us, we also set the current save date);

• After that, the phone / tablet will perform a standard reboot. All actions will take place as usual;
• Also, the backup will be saved on your device to a specific folder that you specify;
• Backup completed.

Advice! Do not under any circumstances delete the backup you have saved. If you downloaded Android and something went wrong, you won't be able to do anything back!

Step number 4. Download and install Android

So we moved on to the Android download itself, all the actions that we carried out earlier were only preparations for installation.

• We find on the Internet on the computer the program itself - Android. And download this archive for yourself;
• We connect our device on which we want to install Android to the computer (via a usb drive);
• Next, we copy the archive to our device, to the internal storage of the phone (Important! The archive does not need to be unpacked);
• Next, go to ROM Manager and go to the tab with the name of our device. We click on it, we see the "reboot" button, click on it. After that, the recovery is rebooted;

• We find in the application a return to the factory settings. We spend this action. We confirm the execution;
• We also act when we configure WipeDalvikCache;

• On the screen of your device there will be an item Choose ZIPfromSdcard, click on it;

• We type any name for our file, firmware, then click save;
• Press the "Yes - Install" button and carry out the operation;

• We are waiting for the process to end, this may take a couple of minutes;
• Select the "reebot" button, after which the device will restart. The reboot may also take a couple of minutes of your time;

• Ready! Android is now installed on your phone! Congratulations.

1. If you have previously made firmware on your phone, then you should not update the recovery;
2. In case of an error, just roll back the phone;
3. Perform all actions with a full charge of the phone! What will you do if the phone runs out of power during this process?;
4. Also select the latest firmware for your device.

Initially, Android did not have support for x86 computers, and older versions were intended exclusively for mobile devices. Now there are no restrictions. On the website of the developers of the Android-x86 project, you can download the distribution kit of the system, which can be installed on any computer without any problems. The latest version available for installation is Android 7.1.

When choosing a distribution, pay attention to . If your computer uses the x86 architecture, you must download the appropriate installation package. You can view the system type in the "Computer" properties.

Create installation media

To write the distribution to a USB flash drive, use the Rufus program. Connect the drive to your computer and set the settings in Rufus as shown in the screenshot. Choose to create an ISO image and click on the disk icon to provide the path to the downloaded Android file.

When asked about the type of recording, select ISO. During creation bootable media all data will be deleted from the flash drive.

Run without installation

The Android-x86 distribution has a feature to start the system without installation. In this mode, you can use all Android features, but the changes made are not saved. In fact, this is a demo mode that helps you understand whether it will be convenient to work with Android on a computer.

Restart your computer and boot from the flash drive - just like with. In the menu, select the first item Run Android without installation.

After a short boot, the language selection screen and other initial settings will appear. Keyboard, mouse and touchpad should work at this point if you're running Android on a laptop. You can not configure anything - anyway, in this mode, the configuration is not saved.

Click "Next" until you get to the main screen of the system. Check how this works android version on the computer. Wi-Fi, connection via local network, video playback - everything should work by default, without additional settings.

Install system

If you want two systems to work on your computer, to install Android. Installing to a Windows partition will wipe the system completely. Under Android, you need to allocate at least 8 GB of free space. The optimal size is 16 GB.

Click on the installer screen on the last item Install Android to harddisk. Select the section dedicated to Android.

Specify file system FAT32 or NTFS. A warning will appear about the destruction of all data from the selected partition. Click Yes.

Accept the offer to install the GRUB bootloader. Install the EFI subkey of GRUB2 if you are installing Android on a UEFI computer. If it's a regular BIOS, click Skip.

Click Yes on the "Do you want to install/system directory as read-write?" dialog to be able to overwrite data on the system.

Wait for the installation to finish. After installation, you will be prompted to create a user partition within the system. Click Yes and set the size to 2,000 MB.

Click Run Android to complete the installation. The initial setup of the system completely repeats the first inclusion of a new device on Android: you need to select a language, wifi network and add a Google account.

Android-x86 is not the only desktop version of Android. For a change, you can put. It is positioned as a system that is easier to install and master, which was immediately created for a computer, although it uses the Android ecosystem at its core.

Many users have a desire to get to know Android more closely before buying a smartphone. In order to understand whether a smartphone with this operating system is suitable for them or not. Fortunately, now it can be implemented using a computer. After all, you can install Android on your PC and explore its capabilities.

In this article, we will take a closer look at the entire process of installing Android on a PC. Starting from download ISO image and from the operating room Android system and ending with its installation on a PC.

In order to install Android on a regular PC, you first need to do some preparatory work. First, you need an Android ISO image that is prepared to run on an x86 PC. Such an ISO image can be downloaded from the Internet. For example, you can download ISO images from Android version 4.3. If you need a more modern version of Android, then, on this moment there you can download Android version 6.0.

After the ISO file with the image of the operating system is downloaded, it must be burned to a CD or flash drive, which will be used to install Android on a PC. Various programs can be used for recording. In this article, we will demonstrate how this is done using the UltraISO program as an example.

Run the UltraISO program on your computer and use the "File - Open" menu to open the previously downloaded ISO image with Android. After that, you can start burning the ISO image. If you want to burn an ISO image to a CD, then press the F7 key or the button on the UltraISO toolbar.

If you want to make a bootable USB flash drive with Android, then this can also be done in UltraISO. To do this, you need to open the ISO image in the program and use the menu "Boot - Burn image of Hard disk".

After that, you need to select the USB flash drive that should be used to install Android on the PC, and click on the "Burn" button.

As a result of the above steps, you should have a bootable CD or bootable flash drive with the installation files of the Android operating system.

Installing Android on PC

After finishing preparatory phase, you can proceed directly to the installation of Android. To do this, we restart the computer, enable booting from a USB flash drive or disk in the BIOS, insert a boot disk or USB flash drive into boot the PC from this drive.

As a result, a menu should appear on your PC screen asking you to boot in LiveCD mode or start installing Android on your PC. Select the install option and move on.

After that, the process of installing Android on the PC will start. In the first step, you will need to select the partition on which you want to install Android. Note that the partition you selected will be formatted, so make sure you don't lose any data before proceeding.

After that, we allow writing to the system directory.

And wait until the process of installing Android on your PC is completed.

When the installation of Android on a PC is completed, you will see a suggestion to immediately launch Android or restart the PC. We choose to reboot.

After rebooting the PC, turn off the bootable USB flash drive or disk and boot from just installed Android. When you first start Android on a PC, a menu will appear for the initial setup of the operating system.

You will need to select the language of the operating system, as well as configure some other options. After that, the Android desktop will appear on the screen of your PC.

Is it possible to install "Android" on a netbook? Yes, it's possible. What's more, this mobile operating system works amazingly well on any Windows device, including desktops. It's free, unlike Windows or Mac, and it's sleeker and easier to use than Linux.

Android is an OS aimed at smartphones and tablets, which is a mobile operating system par excellence. Therefore, it may seem strange to have it on a laptop or netbook, but this does not mean that it is impossible. The main reason why Android often does not work on such devices is related to the hardware. Most netbooks and mini-notebooks are powered by Intel or AMD processors, which are specifically designed to run on the x86 instruction set. "Android", on the other hand, was designed with mobile device processors in mind, using

However, devices with ports running on x86 have recently appeared, and some users can use the Android OS as a secondary operating system on laptops. This is mainly done in order to have access to the thousands of "Android" applications available only in the Android Market.

Android OS on a netbook or smartbook

There is a class of devices (very rarely used these days) called smartbooks. They were intended to run Android and other software With open source and differed in the functionality associated with mobile devices: excellent connectivity, portability, long battery life. All this was housed in one device, which cost much less than a netbook or laptop.

Smartbooks have been pushed out of the market by netbooks and tablets, but some models are still in use. In fact, they are and mainly contain applications specially designed for smartphones and tablets. But, since today they are quite rare, you should figure out how to install "Android" on a netbook or laptop.

Convenience in functionality

It's worth noting that Android is designed to use less power than Windows. For this reason, it offers rather mediocre performance. The power of this shell is not designed for playing HD-videos or games, but for browsing the web and working with entertainment applications, it is quite suitable. According to user reviews, this operating system is very convenient for solving simple tasks.

Ready netbook on the system "Android"

As already mentioned, the era of smartbooks is coming to an end. The most famous gadget with a mobile OS can be called Toshiba AC100 - a 10-inch netbook running on Android 2.2 and a Tegra class processor. It is commercially available and currently and has with 32 GB internal memory and 512 MB random access memory. In principle, with such indicators it can be used for simple jobs and entertainment. Its significant advantage is that it can operate on a single charge for about 8 hours and also comes with an HDMI port. Don't try to use it for productive work, but for simple surfing the Internet and low-capacity games, it is quite suitable.

Other manufacturers also released a range of smartbooks at one time. At the same time, the developers went a little aside and began to make new generation devices. Yes, today you can find a Samsung netbook on Android, but this is already a transformer. At its core, it's a tablet that comes with a docking station and keyboard. This device looks and works just like a netbook, which has received rave reviews from users.

Modern models even allow you to connect a mouse to a tablet, thus creating an almost identical user experience.

However, to find such a Samsung or Asus netbook on Android, you will have to search for a very long time. As the reviews suggest, most people choose to purchase either a tablet (which will have light touch input) or a netbook (which comes with a full-sized keyboard and will run a full "desktop" OS). However, given that the Android OS today is adapted to work with Intel processors or AMD, she can offer worthy alternative"Windows".

Is it possible to do self-installation

Currently, you can install "Android" on a netbook by downloading and installing it as a second additional OS on your computer. This can be done with tools like unetbootin, which allow you to

To do this, take a 10-inch netbook (Asus Eee PC is the most popular among them) and download any version of "Android" on it yourself.

As noted above, the Android market is very large these days, and most of the applications you prefer to use on mobile devices, will work exactly the same on your netbook. Of course, you will lose the opportunities available for touch screen, but you get a keyboard, touchpad, a large number of USB ports and a slot for microSD cards. It sounds very attractive, so if you have a netbook available, then it is definitely worth trying to install "Android" on it. How to do it?

Download "Android" to your main computer

The first thing you need to do is visit the Android x86 download page and select the correct ISO file to download. New versions are at the bottom of the list. This article provides an example with version 4.0. It can be found in the section called "Android platforms x86-4.0-RC1" You will be presented with several different options, so try to choose the one that suits you best. For example, there is an option "netbook ASUS Eee PC family", which will be recommended for netbooks of this brand. The installation process is simple and not very lengthy, so don't be afraid to try another ISO later if the first one doesn't work. Just download the file on whatever computer you use - the device doesn't have to be the same one you want to install Android on.

Copy the ISO file to a USB drive

Once you have the downloaded ISO image, you will need to transfer it to your netbook. Since most gadgets do not support CDs, the most The best way- download a tool called Unetbootin Help. After downloading it, just run the file and you will see a screen with the program's interface.

Click on the button with three dots on the right side of the window and select ISO file that you have downloaded. Then select the drive you want to copy the ISO to. Wait until all information is downloaded to the USB stick you have chosen. Be sure to make sure you copy everything you want to keep!

Once the download is complete, click OK. A pop-up window will appear for a short time, showing a horizontal bar for the file download, and then when the operation is completed, you will be informed and asked if you want to restart your computer. Click "no" and remove the USB drive.

Prepare netbook for installation

Now that you've saved the ISO file to USB, you're almost ready for the Android installation process on your netbook. If you have any files on your hard drive that you would be sorry to lose (such as photos, documents, or videos), be sure to save them to a flash drive. Although the data is not boot disks must be saved, there is always a risk that something will go wrong, so it is better to take all security measures.

Plug in the USB drive on the netbook. You will need to press one key (most likely Delete or one of the F keys, i.e. F1) to select the device from which to boot. Here you need to select a USB drive from the list. If you are not able to get into the boot menu, you will need to go into the BIOS and change the boot order - set one in which the USB drive will be displayed before any other device. After that, you can directly proceed with the steps on how to install "Android".

Set boot process

Once you have set your boot order and inserted the USB, you can download the installer from GUI for Android for x86. This menu will give you the option to download Android 4.0 directly without installation, and you can try using this OS right away. However, if you want to install a mobile operating system on permanent basis, this step is optional.

At this stage, you will have to select the disk where Android will be installed on the netbook - you can choose any partition in ext3/ext2 (Linux) or NTFS/FAT32 (for Windows). You shouldn't format (or even clean) the drive you're installing the shell to, but it's still worth keeping backups files.

Once you've selected a drive, you'll be prompted to select the size of the partition to install. Scroll forward through the menu and choose maximum size(which is usually 2048 MB). This will take some time, depending on the speed of your hard drive. You will also be able to create a virtual SD card at this time and after that you will be prompted to restart your computer. Do it and don't forget to take it out USB disk when the netbook will turn off.

Direct installation process

Now you have to download the installed Android OS to the netbook. Select the first item in the boot menu and your netbook will start running Android. Initially, you will see white text on a black background followed by a glowing Android logo, and then finally the OS itself will boot and display a screen that says "Welcome". You will be prompted to connect to wireless network, enter your account Google, as well as some other elementary questions (about the current time and so on) will become available. After entering these parameters, the download is completed, and you finally get on the working android desktop. The model of your gadget does not matter - Android is installed on the Asus netbook in the same way as on Samsung, Acer, and so on.

Settings and options "Android"

After the shell is downloaded and functioning on your device, you should deal with it and install a few unique useful applications. Such services are constantly updated and supplemented, so stay tuned for the news.

Of course, the netbook does not have a touch screen, but Android still supports touch panels, keyboard and USB connections. By installing "Android" on a netbook, you can use docking stations and add-ons at your own discretion - restrictions may be imposed solely by the features of your device. What other benefits can be found?

Financial benefit and lack of licenses

Everyone knows that Microsoft requires rather big royalties to use its operating system. Windows systems, while Google does not offer any payments for Android. Operating on "Android" will help save both on your own maintenance and on downloading various programs.

Appearance and screen interface

Getting used to the interface can take some time for those who are used to constantly working on Windows. We can say that this is one of the main reasons why many are in no hurry to change the OS on their device. Currently, Android is actively developing, and each a new version looks prettier and more pleasant, which cannot go unnoticed. Google is trying to compete and therefore is constantly looking for new advantages over Microsoft. Of course, today it is too early to talk about a complete victory in this struggle, but there are certain prerequisites for success.

Ease of use

Netbooks are designed primarily for small and short-lived work, so a simple OS is much better and more harmonious. Windows can be difficult to use, require constant updates, and some features are completely useless for users who just want to surf the web and write messages via email. e-mail. As a rule, high functionality and high capabilities are required for the operation of stationary large devices.

In turn, the Android OS on a netbook, which is said to be convenient, can simplify the computing process with a simple user interface and online applications (for example, Google Docs). Google services were practically designed to be simple working tools and gain popularity among ordinary users. An additional bonus can be considered a large number of games available for free.