Can I burn Windows ISO to Pi?

Question

Most of Pi boards are powered by Linux, I am wondering it is OK to write Windows iso to Pi. Thanks

jomoenginer · Accepted Answer

Microsoft came up with an Windows IoT Core that can run on a Raspberry Pi but it is not a full Windows type desktop. https://www.windowscentral.com/how-install-windows-10-iot-raspberry-pi-3 https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/downloads https://www.element14.com/community/thread/64136/l/raspberry-pi-with-windows-10-iot-core?displayFullThread=true

Gough Lui · Answer

You can't run regular Windows or any other "ISOs" because the Pi is using an ARM-based CPU with a completely different instruction set to that used by normal desktop/laptop Microsoft Windows which generally runs on x86/x86-64.

Only images built for the Pi can be used - many of them are listed at https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/

oksbwn · Answer

Hi, You can give a shot to the following repo, Although it is not yet fully functional it works... https://github.com/andreiw/RaspberryPiPkg