Posted by : Anonymous Wednesday 22 January 2014

Android OS for a PC is a Linux avatar, specifically designed for mobile phones and other portable devices like tablet computers. Now customized distributions of the latest Android operating systems are made available online, for free. The Android-x86 website, hosted by a community of developers provides latest customized builds of Android for computers.

Once you get the setup files on your computer, the rest is quite easy. There are two ways in which you can run Android on a computer, without installing it on the hard drive. Either you could burn the live CD ISO image on a CD and boot from your optical drive or USB drive or alternatively, you could run it using VMware or VirtualBox. If you like Android, you may go ahead and install it on your hard drive. Here are step-by-step instructions for installing Android x86 versions.

Step 1: Download Latest Build From Android-X86 website
The latest version available, at the time of writing is Android-x86 4.0-RC1. You can get the whole ISO image directly, by downloading it from the main website or any one of the mirror sites. These builds support fat32, ntfs, ext3 and ext2 file systems. You also have the option of running Android on VMware or VirtualBox.

Step 2: Burn Image on a CD or Created Bootable USB
Firstly, you must prepare the Android ISO image for installation. Burn it on a blank CD or install it on a USB using UNetbootin. Now you are ready for installation.

Step 3: Run Installation
To run the installation, simply plug in the USB or put the installation CD into the optical drive and boot up the PC. The installer will provide you with a couple of options. Choose 'Run Andorid Without Installation' (to boot from CD) or 'Install Android to Hard disk' (for a permanent installation). Android can coexist on the hard drive with other operating systems in multiboot mode.

Step 4: Choose Partition and File System Format
On choosing hard drive installation, you will be asked to choose a hard drive partition for installation. You may choose one of the available partitions or create a new one. You may also choose to install it on a removable USB drive. To go for the third option, choose the 'Search Devices' option. Then you must choose whether formatting is to be implemented on the partitions and if yes, choose the type of file system.

Step 5: Install Grub
Lastly, you will be asked whether Grub (the boot chain loader) should be installed. Get it installed if you are going for a multiboot setup. With that done, installation will begin immediately. Within a few minutes (depending on the processing speed of your PC), the installation will be finished. Within a few minutes, you will be greeted with the stunning Android interface, which you can begin using!

As you will realize, the power of Android lies in its multitasking prowess and light use of computing resources. Through Android Linux is reborn as a new mobile incarnation. The future is ANDROID for sure.

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