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Recommend 8GB card minimum
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### Setup

To set up a blank SD card with NOOBS:
- Format an SD card as FAT32 (see instructions on how to do this below). A full install of Raspbian will require a card that is 8GB or greater in size. Other operating systems may fit on a 4GB card.
- Format an SD card that is 8GB or greater in size as FAT32 (see instructions on how to do this below)
- Download and extract the files from the NOOBS zip file. (Windows built-in zip features may have trouble with this file. If so, use another program such as 7zip.)
- Copy the extracted files onto the SD card that you just formatted so that this file is at the root directory of the SD card.
<b> Please note that in some cases it may extract the files into a folder, if this is the case then please copy across the files from inside the folder rather than the folder itself.</b>
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## How to run your Build

In order to setup an SD card with a newly built version of NOOBS, you will need to:
- Format an SD card that is 4GB or greater in size as FAT
- Format an SD card that is 8GB or greater in size as FAT32
- Replace the `/os` directory in `/output` with the copy contained in the release version of NOOBS (see above for download links)
- Copy the files in the `/output` directory onto the SD card

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NOOBS INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Insert an SD card that is 4GB or greater in size into your computer.
1. Insert an SD card that is 8GB or greater in size into your computer.
2. Format the SD card using the platform-specific instructions below:
a. Windows
a. Windows (32GB cards and under)
i. Download the SD Association's Formatting Tool from https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_windows/
ii. Install and run the Formatting Tool on your machine
iii. Set "FORMAT SIZE ADJUSTMENT" option to "ON" in the "Options" menu
iv. Check that the SD card you inserted matches the one selected by the Tool
v. Click the "Format" button
b. Mac
b. Mac (32GB cards and under)
i. Download the SD Association's Formatting Tool from https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/eula_mac/
ii. Install and run the Formatting Tool on your machine
iii. Select "Overwrite Format"
iv. Check that the SD card you inserted matches the one selected by the Tool
v. Click the "Format" button
c. Linux
i. We recommend using gparted (or the command line version parted)
ii. Format the entire disk as FAT
ii. Format the entire disk as FAT32
d. Cards over 32GB
i. Follow the instructions on https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/sdxc_formatting.md
3. Extract the files contained in this NOOBS zip file.
4. Copy the extracted files onto the SD card that you just formatted so that this file is at the root directory of the SD card. Please note that in some cases it may extract the files into a folder, if this is the case then please copy across the files from inside the folder rather than the folder itself.
5. Insert the SD card into your Pi and connect the power supply.
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