How to set up a Raspberry Pi using only your Windows PC
(Windows Phone Central)

The only limit to what you can do with a Raspberry Pi is your imagination, but even if your ambitions are a little more basic, there`s still lots of fun to be had. In many use cases, you`ll be looking at using a Raspberry Pi headless, that is to say without it being attached to a display. It`s also perfectly possible to set it up this way using your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC. Here`s how. Jump to: Getting the software Flash the OS Set up Wi-Fi and SSH Connect to the Raspberry Pi Grabbing the software you need Before you do anything, you`ll need both a copy of the OS for the Raspberry Pi and something to flash an image of it to the microSD card. Raspberry Pi has its own imager but for the purposes of this guide we`re using a third-party app called balenaEtcher since it has uses beyond just the Raspberry Pi and is a useful tool to have around. Then you`ll need to go to the Raspberry Pi downloads page and grab a copy of the OS. We`re just going to use the standard Raspberr...