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# Balena Etcher

[Balena Etcher](https://etcher.balena.io/) is a tool to flash USB drives with bootable .iso images that works on about all the operating systems. It can be downloaded from its official website in many different formats.

<figure><img src="https://803839084-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZwywrTmcbpjnB5diJyM5%2Fuploads%2FZXyTK4g4NivMI4uVZM87%2F2024-03-24_09-57.png?alt=media&amp;token=5d834575-b241-4078-81b4-cdfc465063d0" alt=""><figcaption><p>Available Balena Etcher installers</p></figcaption></figure>

Once downloaded and installed, Balena Etcher has a very minimal interface.&#x20;

<figure><img src="https://803839084-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZwywrTmcbpjnB5diJyM5%2Fuploads%2FyDKMqsSytH677uy2VCj2%2F2024-03-24_10-00.png?alt=media&amp;token=20ad82bf-cffc-412b-867e-81db33f57369" alt=""><figcaption><p>Balena Etcher's interface</p></figcaption></figure>

It only requires the user to:

* select the .iso file to flash on the USB drive;
* select the USB drive on which to flash the .iso, remembering that the process will format it and all its previous content will be overwritten;
* click on the "Flash!" button and wait for the flashing process to finish.