Additional Information
Burn images to SD cards & USB drives, safe & easy for PC
| Latest Version | balenaEtcher Portable 1.18.8 |
| Requirements |
Windows 7/Windows 8/Windows 10/Windows 11 |
| Updated | June 24, 2023 |
| Author | Balena |
| Category | CD, DVD and Blu-ray |
| License | Open Source |
| Language | English |
| Download | 16 |
Overview
balenaEtcher Portable provides you with a cross-platform image burner for SD cards and USB drives. Etcher is an open-source project for Windows PC! If you have ever attempted to boot off of a corrupted card then you certainly know the frustration, this stripped-down utility is designed with a simple UI that allows quick and easy image burning. It also includes validation so no surprises at boot time.
balenaEtcher Portable Version fully subscribes to K.I.S.S format making operation easy for any skill level; select your image, the drive, and then hit Flash! and you are done. It fully supports ISO, BZ2, DMG, DSK, ETCH, GZ, HDDIMG, IMG, RAW, XZ, and ZIP. The app is the Easiest Way to Make a Raspberry Pi SD Card!
Features and Highlights
Validated Burning
No more writing images on corrupted cards and wondering why your device isn't booting.
Hard Drive Friendly
Makes drive selection obvious to avoid wiping your entire hard-drive.
Beautiful Interface
Who said burning SD cards has to be an eyesore.
Open Source
Made with JS, HTML, node.js, and Electron. Dive in and contribute!
Cross-Platform
Works for everyone, no more complicated install instructions.
More on the way
50% faster burns, simultaneous writing for multiple drives.
Why is my drive not bootable?
Etcher copies images to drives byte by byte, without doing any transformation to the final device, which means images that require special treatment to be made bootable, like Windows images, will not work out of the box. In these cases, the general advice is to use software specific to those kind of images, usually available from the image publishers themselves.
balenaEtcher Portable Version fully subscribes to K.I.S.S format making operation easy for any skill level; select your image, the drive, and then hit Flash! and you are done. It fully supports ISO, BZ2, DMG, DSK, ETCH, GZ, HDDIMG, IMG, RAW, XZ, and ZIP. The app is the Easiest Way to Make a Raspberry Pi SD Card!
Features and Highlights
Validated Burning
No more writing images on corrupted cards and wondering why your device isn't booting.
Hard Drive Friendly
Makes drive selection obvious to avoid wiping your entire hard-drive.
Beautiful Interface
Who said burning SD cards has to be an eyesore.
Open Source
Made with JS, HTML, node.js, and Electron. Dive in and contribute!
Cross-Platform
Works for everyone, no more complicated install instructions.
More on the way
50% faster burns, simultaneous writing for multiple drives.
Why is my drive not bootable?
Etcher copies images to drives byte by byte, without doing any transformation to the final device, which means images that require special treatment to be made bootable, like Windows images, will not work out of the box. In these cases, the general advice is to use software specific to those kind of images, usually available from the image publishers themselves.
