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This article introduces the relevant knowledge of "how to install Chrome OS". In the operation of actual cases, many people will encounter such a dilemma, so let the editor lead you to learn how to deal with these situations. I hope you can read it carefully and be able to achieve something!

Chrome OS is a PC-based operating system developed by Google. Google Chrome OS is an open source operating system based on Linux. Google said on its official blog that initially, the operating system will be targeted at netbooks, compact and low-cost computers. The open source software will be named Chrome OS, and Google will officially launch [Chrome Web store] at the Chrome-related product conference in the United States on December 7, 2010 (02:30, Beijing time).

Baidu Encyclopedia-GOOGLE CHROME OS

Recently, a piece of news in the operating system field has attracted everyone's attention. in the statistics of IDC, we have seen that the market share of Google's Chrome OS operating system has surpassed MacOS to become the second place, second only to Microsoft's Windows. It is very surprising to see this statistics at first glance. The growth momentum of Chrome OS, which is not usually heard of, is so ferocious. However, it is understandable to think about the reasons. In China, due to some reasons, people do not have much contact with Google products, let alone use Chromebook notebooks.

You can see a lot of news about Chrome OS with a quick search:

Chrome OS surpasses MacOS in market share

Out of curiosity, I decided to try this awesome-sounding Chrome OS. The following is the whole installation experience:

Installation steps

Make a USB disk starter

Install Chrome OS

Make U disk starter (suitable for Windows environment)

Because Google does not open the download of Chrome OS images, but similar to Chrome browsers, Chrome OS also has its own open source version of Chromium OS, so third parties can develop systems similar to Chrome OS based on Chromium OS. So in this article, I will install the CloudReady system based on Chromium OS (an operating system based on Chromium OS, and there are similar operating systems such as fyde OS) to experience the charm of Chrome OS.

1. Go to the CloudReady official website page

Go to the CloudReady official website page and drop the mouse to the following location:

Select version

CloudReady offers three versions of the system for users to choose from, and here we choose the third free version for individuals and families. Click the "GET THE FREE VERSION" button to go to the download page of the system image.

two。 Download the USB disk starter making tool

Before making a U disk starter, you need to prepare a U disk with a capacity larger than 8GB. CloudReady officials also provide a tool for making U disk initiators, but at present, this tool is only for Windows users. If you are Mac users, you can use the method I provided later to make system boot disks.

Go to the download page and drop down to the following location:

Download the U disk starter making tool

Click "DOWNLOAD USB MAKER" to download the tool locally and install it.

3. Make USB boot disk

Insert the prepared USB disk into the computer, then open the boot disk making tool that has just been installed, and follow the steps below:

Make a USB disk starter

At this point, under windows, our CloudReady U disk starter has been made.

Make U disk starter (suitable for MacOS and ChromeOS environment)

We have seen that it is very convenient and fast to make a U-disk starter for CloudReady under Windws, but if our operating system is Mac OS or Chrome OS, the process of making a U-disk starter is a little more complicated.

1. Download the image

After entering the download page, drop the mouse to the following location:

Image download

Click the "DOWNLOAD 64-BIT IMAGE" button in the figure to download the image locally.

two。 Install and start Chromebook Recovery Utility

Download the Chromebook Recovery Utility extension and add it to your Chrome browser (if you don't have a Chrome browser installed, you need to install the chrome browser first).

Add extension

Then, at the prompt of Add "Chrome Recovery Utility", click "Add app":

Add app

Now that the Chrome Recovery Utility application has been added to the list of applications on the system, open Chrome Recovery Utility:

Open Chrome Recovery Utility

If you cannot find the page, you can manually enter chrome://apps in the browser address bar to access it.

After opening Chrome Recovery Utility, click the settings icon in the upper right corner of the application window, and click "Use Local Image", then select the image file you just downloaded:

Use local image

Click the "Get started" button to proceed to the next step, insert our prepared flash drive at this time, and do the following:

Insert U disk

Select the flash drive we inserted and click on the next step.

At this time, a progress bar for the production of the boot disk appears, waiting for it to be completed, and the production of the U disk starter is complete:

Production completed

Install CloudReady

Insert the finished USB disk initiator into the computer, then restart our computer and enter the BIOS system (on how to enter BIOS readers can enter Baidu on their own, different brands of computers can enter different ways), in the BIOS Boot option to modify the computer boot order (will boot from the USB disk in the first place), and then quit BIOS to restart the computer, wait a moment CloudReady will start in the computer.

If you are a Mac user, hold down the "option" key all the time during the restart of the computer, enter the startup item selection interface, and select the U disk we inserted as the startup item.

At this point, the Chrome OS-like system CloudReady has been successfully started, wait a moment, the remaining step is to experience or install to the local machine. Starting.

Note: due to certain restrictions on accessing Google-related sites in China, you need to prepare some tools in advance to connect to Google services.

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