When the welcome screen appears, you can take one of two routes: Immediately wipe your laptop’s drive and install CloudReady, or configure CloudReady on the flash drive. (Example: Function keys may require also holding the Fn key-or not.) Step 4: Install CloudReady Tip: Did you end up in your laptop’s default operating system after booting, despite repeated button mashing? You likely waited too long to start pressing the key, or you aren’t pressing the right combination of keys.
A white screen with the CloudReady logo will appear shortly thereafter. In either case, you should be able to choose the USB drive as your boot device. CloudReady even provides a list of boot keys for major laptop makers.Īn alternative method is to enter your laptop’s BIOS (again, you will need to search for which key to press when powering on your laptop) and rearrange the automatic boot order, then undo that change after your CloudReady install. For example, our Lenovo ThinkPad X240 required mashing F12 right at startup, while for our HP Spectre x360, it was F9. Search online for how to access the boot priority menu for your particular laptop, since it’s not universal. You’ll do this by hitting a key on your keyboard when your PC first powers up, similar to entering the BIOS. In order to boot to your newly created flash drive, you must bypass your laptop’s automatic boot order, which usually defaults to the primary storage drive. For Macs, Linux PCs, and Chromebooks, you’ll need to download the CloudReady Home Edition image first, then follow Neverware’s instructions for manually building your installer.
Using a Windows PC to create the flash drive installer is easiest, as you can download the USB Maker and let it take care of the whole process. The easiest way to prepare a CloudReady installation flash drive is with a Windows PC.
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