Raspberry Pi –Downloading Raspbian OS on SD card

Part 1c: Downloading RaspberryPi OS- Raspbian and copying it on to the SD card

  1. Using your regular computer (windows/mac) go to Raspberry Pi website and download the “NOOBS” zip file, it is a 1.6GB file as of 1/1/2019.
    You can also use the following tutorial.
  2. Meanwhile format your micro SD card using a utility called SD Card Formatter , you can download this application from the following: link  
  3. Unzip the downloaded zip file and copy the contents from inside the folder on to the SD card. Do not copy the folder itself.