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    Please do not post a support request without first reading and following the advice in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

    I need help booting Retropie

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    • AlexMurphyA
      AlexMurphy Banned @AwesomeAzzy
      last edited by

      @AwesomeAzzy The official RetroPie image does not come with the PIXEL desktop installed. What you are saying is impossible. Unless of course you are using a third party pre-configured image. In which case I'm not able to assist you.

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      • cellyC
        celly @AwesomeAzzy
        last edited by celly

        @AwesomeAzzy are you trying to write the image over a NOOBS install? Make sure to format your card using a good progam like this, then write the retropie image to the sd card.

        Currently Playing: Tetris (Gameboy)

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          AwesomeAzzy @AlexMurphy
          last edited by

          @AlexMurphy I also thought that it was impossible, I'll tell you the steps i went through.

          1. I downloaded the retropie img, and formatted my sd card.
          2. Then i used Win32 Disk Imager to write the img to my sd card.
            3)After that, I took out my sd card, plugged everything up, switched it on, then raspbian booted, no sign of retropie whatsoever

          i downloaded retropie from this website.

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            AwesomeAzzy @celly
            last edited by

            @celly No, it was an sd card already formatted, so there was no NOOBS anywhere.

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            • ?
              A Former User
              last edited by

              That's weird.
              Are you sure that's the SD card you're using in the pi?

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                AwesomeAzzy @A Former User
                last edited by

                @itsnitro stfu broπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ yes ofc i am

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                • AlexMurphyA
                  AlexMurphy Banned @AwesomeAzzy
                  last edited by AlexMurphy

                  @AwesomeAzzy Copy and paste the name of the .img file you are using. What is the unzipped size of the file?

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                  • AlexMurphyA
                    AlexMurphy Banned @AwesomeAzzy
                    last edited by

                    @AwesomeAzzy This is the file you should be using and its' size.

                    0_1490549171430_Screenshot (1).png

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                      AwesomeAzzy @AlexMurphy
                      last edited by

                      @AlexMurphy ![alt text](image url)0_1490552425786_upload-e6a50c4d-ade4-49dc-923d-2605400c78d4 ahh, well, good thing I know where the proper one is, thanks a lot, i'll it and ill get back to you with the result.

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                        A Former User @AwesomeAzzy
                        last edited by

                        @AwesomeAzzy why are people so mean

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                          AwesomeAzzy
                          last edited by AwesomeAzzy

                          @celly ikr smh rip dis dank world

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                            AwesomeAzzy @AlexMurphy
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                            @AlexMurphy You are a bloody legend, yasssssssss it worked, thank youuu so much brutha

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