How to Install Chrome OS Flex: Make an Old PC New Again
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2024
- In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to install Google Chrome OS Flex on your old laptop or desktop PC. Flex is a distribution of Chrome OS that can be installed on conventional PC hardware to replace other operating systems such as Windows. It's a Linux based operating system that uses a web browser as its main user interface. Since most of the applications are web based, it works really well even on older computers.
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- Differences between Chrome OS and Flex: support.google.com/chromeosfl...
- Chromebook Recovery Utility: chrome.google.com/webstore/de...
- Official Installation Guide: support.google.com/chromeosfl...
⌚ Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:29 What is Chrome OS Flex?
1:19 How to get it & min system requirements
1:58 Create USB installer
3:04 Remove installation media
3:30 Boot from installation media
4:09 Try it first or install Flex
4:52 Wrap up
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For the install, you have two options: (1) You can "Try it out first", which allows you to evaluate Chrome OS Flex. This does not affect your existing operating system or files. (2) You can also install CloudReady, which installs Chrome OS Flex. This will erase any existing files and operating system on your hard drive. If you decide to install, make sure that you have backed up any critical files that you want to keep.
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Can you please do a video in which you save a complete webpage but then run that webpage without the internet. (if this is possible)? I have downloaded somehow two webpages which allow me to use the page just like being on the internet (click hyperlinks etc). Not sure how I did it but there are a couple of webpages I use for research that I want to download just in case they go offline. I have tried this lately and when I go to open the Web page complete I just have a listing of the various files but I can't get the webpage to function. I use Windows 10. Love your videos Kevin.
When I boot USB it is stuck on the white chrome screen
Trail from USB went well but after that i install that to my laptop the chrome logo appear and it struck for hours plzzz any solution for this....
Dear Kevin,
I hope you get to read this message. I'm 52 years old nd a lady at that. I followed your instructions to the Tee and I have an old new laptop! Thanks a million. It is working like a charm and my husband couldn't believe his eyes!!!!
This is an excellent option for when you have an old laptop laying around which has not been touched in a few years and you want to use it again! Great video, Kevin! This video is worth saving!
Zorin OS lite is much better.
Even in this day and age, I still run across people who are in need of a computer for internet access. This offers another reasonable option for repurposing older equipment that could then be donated to someone in need. I think the Chrome OS is more intuitive and less daunting than many flavors of Linux, so I’m glad to see this option become available.
i agree , anybody that can use a phone can use a chromebook as opposed to a windows machine and god forbid a linux distro.
does it effect files on other local disks
It's really should be called "making a Windows PC useful again..."
Agree!
Yea! It could also be "How to turn Burnt trash into gold"
True.. 😅
Yea😊
"We will make Windows PC great again"
Clear and easy to follow instructions without a bunch of useless fluff. Thanks, Kevin.
Agree
So good, I'm trying to decide if he's AI.
Thank you for all your information. I had two old laptops collecting dust. With your help I was able to get them up and running with the usb drive you showed me how to create.
This OS really made my old computer much faster and stable than before, thanks for sharing this knowledge.
Thanks Kevin, I used your video to repurpose 2 of my old laptops, one which was still running Windows 7, into functional machines that now serve as home school work stations for my grandchildren.
bad idea. windows 7 is still relatively fast, and chromeos can't... do much.
@@LambdaMiscellaneousTwo words: Security updates. Using Windows 7 online these days is risky.
Among the very best organized videos I ever see, very educative and helpful, Many thanks
This is by far the best toturial I've watched. Thank You.
Thanks for sharing this info about Google Chrome OD Flex, I have installed and am happy with the interface. Looking forward to the best.
Great to hear!
Hi Kevin, Thank you for sharing your knowledge, and thank you for another great video!!!
This is called luck - yesterday I am finding this option on youtube and today my favourite TH-cam host upload the video of this one 😊☺️
dude honestly the nicest thing you put in the video was what key to use to get to bios depending on the brand seriously thank you so much
My man! Seems like every time I turn to YT for a "How-To" video, my man Kevin has what I need!👍😎👍
Downloaded, installed and worked just like you said! 🙂 Many thanks!!!
The only additional thing I did was to swap the original HDD with a spare one I had before installing Flex.
This will make going back to Windows 10 a snap - that is if I decide to. 🤔
This is extremely helpful. I have an old ASUS Laptop which I rarely use anymore because it's laggy and the left hinge is completely broken so the screen is all floppy.
But after hearing about ChromeOS Flex and have been using it before on my school-issued Chromebook, I decided I would install it since it seems like a good option.
Thank you for this tutorial. You explain each step nicely while giving actual demonstrations, and it's perfect for people like me who have no idea on how to do stuff like this.
This video allowed me to upgrade from CloudReady to Chrome OS Flex. Thank you!
Thank you so much Buddy I was finally able to install the flex smoothly with the help of your video 👍🏻
Great video I’ll install it on my HP Pavilion laptop that way it runs more smoothly and is easier to work with.
How does it do on your Pavilion? I have the same and thinking of doing this.
Excellent tutorial. Very clear and easy to follow. I'm not 100% sure Kevin is not a bot. Are you a tutorial bot? Great Job!
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I was wondering the same thing! It's crazy now with all this A.I. not knowing if someone is a real human or a bot. Never thought I'd have to wonder about that.
Thanks for making it easy. I have been contemplating installing Flex on an old laptop.
Thank you Kevin for a detailed clarification given in the video 😊
I have 2 old DELL laptops at home. Did plan on selling it cus it was basically useless but after watching this video I'm changing my mind
I also have an old Dell. Please do reply after installing chrome flex, would help me decide what to do, whether to select chrome flex or go for Linux distro.
@@notsowimpycoder3113 Better stick to linux considering that OS Flex doesn't have an appstore and it's a pain and hussle to install linux apps on OS flex itself.
@@notsowimpycoder3113 flex is kinda decent, I'm not used to linux so idk. But ngl it does made the laptop faster
Smart move by Google! I installed Chrome Flex on one of my old laptops with a spinning hard drive and 4GB of RAM. It made the laptop new again and is surprisingly fast even on boot up. I had been running Ubuntu on it but that was getting slow. Before Ubuntu Windows 10 was about a 10 minute log on and updates took forever.
Without access to Google Play Store, how does one install apps under Flex?
@@VideoNOLA Probably just browser functionality.
Yes i think this will beat the pants off Linux distros . Google first beat Apple at its own game now going after Microsoft for fumbling the ball (making perfectly good hardware obsolete.). I would like to see what the Xeon processor can do with this OS
is files deleted
its is just for surfing the web and watching video on YT, without PLAY, nothing else you can do about this OS
hi kevin, thanks for sharing your knowledge, we may not know each other peronally but your videos really helped me a lot.
Thank you for clear step by step instructions. I find your voice super soothing...
Kevin, you'd missed out a major point. Your old notebook or computer has to support EUFI instead of CHS for hard drive.
Could this be installed as a dual boot option with Windows, if so a video would be a real winner. Thanks for your content I have learned so much from you.
Majority Linux distro could dual boot with Windows
I've tried it and it doesn't support dual boot. It'll wipe your drive if you install it.
@@NarendraU23 you can do it but it's not worth the trouble. Install chrome flex os first, install windows (separate partition) and finally since they dont play nice you'll need to use a boot manager and configure it..too much trouble 😩
@@NarendraU23 Yes, u can do it.. I am using it now with windows 11 as dual boot
@@akstream8755 Do you mind telling how? Is there an option to configure partition or something?
Thanks Kevin I fallowed your steps and it worked out great
thank you, kevin. for the simply and informative guideline.
Kevin, I'm scared. You literally read my mind. I was actually planning to try Chrome OS tomorrow.
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Another good video, thanks for bringing it to my attention. I will try it out. :-) However, I think more emphasis should have been placed on the fact that everything on the computer would be erased if one went through with the full OS replacement. That is something the non techy may not understand fully, and a lot of heartache could result from going through with this without that being very very clear. ;-)
Wow!
He was crystal clear about that. Did you watch a different version of this video?
@@BubbaSmurft He mentioned it, but not the total ramifications of doing it imho. I work with people who sometimes have little to no IT knowledge, and you need to make it very clear about something that could have this serious of effect of losing everything on a computer. Documents gone is one thing, but videos and pictures of loved ones gone forever, and that could turn nasty very quickly. But you disagree, and that is fine. :-) Just didn't want this to come back and bite Kevin on the a**e, because I like what he does.
@@redhed1713 What part of "... this will wipe out everything on my hard drive." is unclear? (04:30)
Thanks for the feedback. I've added a pinned disclaimer to the top of the video to make sure this is clear: "For the install, you have two options: (1) You can "Try it out first", which allows you to evaluate Chrome OS Flex. This does not affect your existing operating system or files. (2) You can also install CloudReady, which installs Chrome OS Flex. This will erase any existing files and operating system on your hard drive. If you decide to install, make sure that you have backed up any critical files that you want to keep."
This is my first view at your channel and you are great in explaining things Kudos
Thanks so much! I have been trying for a long time to find an easy way to install the Chrome OS on a PC. I finally came the conclusion that the Chrome OS was not for "open" use and gave up.
I ended up installing Chromixium.
Since you specifically mentioned that app stores aren't available, it would probably have been a good idea to briefly mention what you can actually do with Chrome OS Flex once it is installed. What apps come with it, in other words?
Maybe try another USB stick or SD card. Some people have had success using other media.
web based apps... maybe,,
@@KevinStratvert Trail from USB went well but after that i install that to my laptop the chrome logo appear and it struck for hours plzzz any solution for this....
@@itsmetarak9472yep mine took 2hours but it turned on shortly
Great presentation. A question: How does the Chrome OS system handle viruses, malware, etc?
It doesn't. Chrome OS Flex is based on a Linux system called Gentoo, and since the usage share for Linux is low (although very high in servers), the viruses for Linux systems are quite low. As a result Chrome OS Flex is less prone to viruses. If there were Chrome OS viruses, I'm pretty sure the built in security system will defend.
@@AaronTechnic Thank you so much. This is very helpful.
@@Antietam22 You're welcome. Glad to help.
Replying to your question at the end of the video. I don't care about the flex OS now. Your presentation is on another level bro and this video is soooo clean. Subscribed already....
This made my PC from 2012 from so slow to blazing fast,Thanks Kevin
Thanks! Clear and to the point!
Someone may have asked, but could I use this on a Chromebook that is "past its service updates"? Do you know why Chrome OS would even discontinue updating older Chromebooks?
How can I tell if my current Chromebook meets the specs noted at the start of your video?
Cheers! Keep up the great work!
yes you can! I recently installed Cloud Ready 2.0/Flex on a chromebox that was expired. I had to go into developer mode on the chromebox and install mrchromebox firmware-util. that allowed me to install the Flex OS!
@@JustinMyers Guess one needs to be more techie than me to envision that! Is there a good tutorial or video?
@@ebachy I followed write-ups found on the internet...since it was my first time getting into developer mode; I got a little frustrated....however, Once I figured it out, it went pretty smoothly. so, yes it's harder than this video but I was able to do it
@Justin Myers point of clarification: is "chromebox" just another term for a computer running Chrome OS, or is it a special device? If this is readily doable, I am surprised Google hasn't provided a path/support/etc. I suppose they prefer you use updated hardware to minimize issues and paint a really positive image for Chrome OS and now Chrome OS Flex.
@@ebachy chromebox is like a chromebook, except desktop version. like your chromebook, my chromebox was past it's service updates since 2019
Great video of a useful invention. Tried it out immediately on my 2010 Macbook, which meets the Chrome OS Flex specs. However, after installation the Chrome splash screen hangs. Therefore, I would be cautious about jumping in now. @Kevin - Might be worth emphasising a bit more that this software is really in its infancy and what developer mode actually means.
same in here, I got stuck in "Connect to network" page after boot to chromeOS, it wouldn't let me proceed to anything
I tried it on my garbage windows 8 computer
I hadn't seen the "Google Chrome OS Flex", thank you!
Thank you for symbolize the steps to download it very clear
I have tried this several times on two different old computers and I never get past creating a USB installer. All it does is partition my flash drive and make the flash drive useless. This looks SO easy and I'm not computer illiterate (or at least I didn't think I was), but for some reason, it just doesn't work for me.
Same here, the USB stick is now useless and when I plug it in it shows like 12 partitions or something.
nothing in computers is guaranteed
Update: still doesn't work, but if you plug in your usb and go to the chrome os recovery tool, you can revert the usb to how it was before!
This sounds really great but every time I try to download the installation media it keeps on saying "Download interrupted. Try again." I have tried 4 times but nothing seems to help. I am also doing this on an SD card. A video on how to fix this would be great!
I’m having the same issue!
I using CloudReady now on my main computer and it's awesome!
Probably best OS installer totorial I ever seen with such video quality people would think I paid just to watch this video its unreal something you would find on blueray disk included with computer you purchased wtf
I wouldn’t recommend it until Google adds support for the Google Play Store and Android apps.
Thank you so much! I was so frustrated trying to install this and the answer was in your video! I didn't know what to pick when it asked for the maker and model. I didn't know to choose OS Flex. Thank you again!
Use a other. This is trash
I'm in the process of evaluation and installation now. Thanks.
Excellent step by step guide 👏.
thanks for the Video Kevin, i've subscribed to your channel , and can't wait to test it out sooon
Very clear and useful explanation as usual!
Great, thank you so much ! works great even on a desktop.
Thank you so much you have really encouraged me to install it !!
A very lagy old laptop is working a lot better now. Thank you.
I'll try this for my Notebook from 2011, thanks so much.
Best video I found. 2nd times the charm I guess. Thanks mate ❤
Thanks , I will do it with an old laptop , great idea.
best summary and tutorial for all machines.
Thank you so much it is working perfectly.
You explained things so easily..... Thanks for the video..... And best wishes for you...
thanks kevin,by watching this video i successfully installed chrome os flex on my old windows laptop.really helpful.
Excellent video, I love this type of creators....😊😊
You have given a new life to my 10 year old laptop. thanxx very much 😊 -❤from INDIA
Thank you for all your information.
This is best tutorial. Recommend to everyone!
Thank you so much sir for this wonderful video .
Great tutorial. Initially it did not work for me so I switch the usb drive and then it worked :)
Thanks, man! Love the quality of the video and the way you share this information. Btw, you remind me of Stiffler, the guy from American Pie 😆 Have a great day ✌️
thanks! first video that actually helps
Definitely installing this in an old Dell laptop and HP desktop.
Thanks for the tutorial :)
This is actually being sustainable. At least for me, often time I do not need a high spec computer but I enjoy having something swift. I realised only in 2022-23 that simplier systems such as android now runs a lot smoother than win11.
Thank you, this video helped a lot. Anyone doing this remember to use Google, and Google only. I was using Google in Opera GX and was having a lot of issue's. The moment I switched back to actual Google it solved all my problems. Thanks again for the wonderful video.
Great tutorial. Will download it on my 12 year old computer...thought of throwing it out but not anymore
How is it working? And what is your ram?
Thank you. This helped my 5 year old dell computer give a brand new life. 😊😊
Speed and job done very well for old pcs
Thank you. Very helpful!
0:00 - Hi Kevin. 👋 5:42 - Thumbs up from me to the stunning video for sure. 👍 Cheers.
your way of speaking is awesome and easy to follow.thank you.. Vishal from Mumbai
hey kevin thanks a lot very good video i installed chrome os flex on my old laptop fujitsu lifebook U745
thanks buddy
it really helped me alot
Great video, very helpful!
hey Kevin you are a great help you speak and guide very well, you are the best👍💯 thanks a lot for the video
I like the way describe the things. Calmly and Politely. Subscribed from India. Work for US.
Hey kevin just watched your video on gimp and absolutely loved it pls make a similar video on inkscape
Thank you so much Kevin. I just converted my Acer!
This is very useful for people who want to integrate Google into their daily tasks!
this is the best vidie ever i have seen ...other guys just make it hard but not you thank you Kevin
Submitting an assignment today on old acer running windows can't wait to try chrome OS and speed it up
It took me 4 attempts but it is working now!
Thanks a lot buddy!!
Thanks Kevin. I have a really old Lenovo that is slow and chunky, im gonna try this, it would be perfect if I can play music and of course TH-cam on the old laptop 💻 in the garage
Wow very useful information 👌
Thanks man i really needed that help 👍👍👍
Omg! You made it soo simple
Hello Mr. Kevin, Thank you very much, it helped me to install Chrome OS FLex very easily
Thank you i have a old asus and i got to bring it back to life