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ENCLOSURE AND EXTRACT THE MICROSD CARD, WHICH IS LOCATED IN A CRAMPED PLACE
AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 7.  YOU WILL NEED TO CONNECT THE MICROSD CARD DIRECTLY
INTO A COMPUTER TO TRANSFER THE OPERATING SYSTEM.  MANY LAPTOPS AVAILABLE
ON THE MARKET TODAY INCORPORATE AN SD AND/OR MICROSD CARD READER.  IF YOU
DONT HAVE ONE, YOU WILL NEED TO USE AN EXTERNAL READER NOT INCLUDED THAT
CONNECTS TO ONE OF YOUR COMPUTERS USB PORTS.  THE USE OF THE FREE WIN32
DISK IMAGER SOFTWARE IS NECESSARY, ALLOWING YOU TO TRANSFER THE IMAGE FILE
IMG OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM ONTO THE CARD.  IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE
RASPBERRY PI, THIS PROCESS IS THE SAME AS TRANSFERRING AN IMAGE OF THE
RASPBIAN OS.  PERSONALLY, IM COMFORTABLE WITH THIS PROCESS, BUT I DID
ENCOUNTER A SMALL CHALLENGE THAT OTHERS MAY ENCOUNTER AS WELL.  IVE BEEN
USING A LAPTOP RUNNING WINDOWS 11 AT HOME, AND I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO GET
THE WIN32 DISK IMAGER SOFTWARE TO WORK PROPERLY ON THAT COMPUTER.
ACCORDING TO THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, HIS DISK IMAGER SOFTWARE IS COMPATIBLE
WITH WINDOWS 7, 8R1 AND 10, IT DOESNT MENTION WINDOWS 11.  CONSIDERING THAT
ITS STILL A RECENT VERSION OF WINDOWS, I HOPE THEY WILL DEVELOP A NEW
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