How to Install Android 6.0-x86 Marshmallow on a Laptop or PC

How to Install Android 6.0-x86 Marshmallow on a Laptop or PC

by Ravi Singh
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Android for PC

We always cover all the latest development in field of Android-x86 (Android for PC). The Android-x86 Open Source Project was started in 2009 by developer Chih-Wei Huang and since then, Android-x86 development has grown significantly. Recently, Android-x86 partnered with Jide Technology (the creators of Remix OS) to accelerate the development of Android OS for PC. Remix OS 2.0 (based on Android lollipop) seeks to create a familiar experience for Android users in proper PC environment. The interface of Remix OS is user-friendly and made for PC and desktop use. If you want to know more about Remix OS and it’s installation, then please read How to Install Android Remix OS on Windows Laptop or PC. But today in this how to guide we will be showing you how to install Android 6.0 Marshmallow on any Laptop or PC.

Install Android 6.0 Marshmallow on Any PC running Windows, Mac or Linux

Install Android 6.0 Marshmallow on Any PC running Windows, Mac or Linux

Android x86 (Marshmallow) – Installation

Lot of readers asked me about increasing the internal space in Android-x86 or if they can use their HDD space entirely. To this, I’ve got a solution with which you can use your Hard disk partition space completely. To do so we will be using Gparted Partition Editor. So this time we have divided the tutorial into two parts to make it simple to understand and perform. Please read each instruction very carefully. You can also use this Technique to any Android-x86 installation.

Disclaimer:

Techposts cannot be held responsible for any kind of damage if occurred to your System during or after the installation of Android-x86. Proceed at your own risk. Also, it’s highly recommended that you carefully follow each step before proceeding to the next step. Good Luck!

Also See: Install Stable Android OS x86 4.4.4 R3 Update on PC and Laptops [Update]

Preparing the Hard Disk Drive for Android-x86 Installation

  1. First, download Android-x86 from Sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/android-x86/)
  2. Next, format your USB drive to FAT32 using Windows file explorer or any third party tool like HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. If you don’t knwo how to do this, please follow this guide, http://www.wikihow.com/Format-a-Flash-Drive
  3. Now visit http://unetbootin.github.io/  and download UNetbootin.
  4. Then Search “Partition”on the start menu search and open “Create and format hard drive partitions”

    Partition hard disk using Windows Disk Management

    Partition hard disk using Windows Disk Management

  5. Right click the drive you want to put Android Marshmallow onto and click Shrink Volume…

    Creating Disk Partition in Windows Disk management tool

    Creating Disk Partition in Windows Disk management tool

  6. Choose the size of the drive in MB. 4000 MB is about 4 GB, just add 3 zeros after the amount of gigabytes you want and click Shrink.

    Enter Disk Size to create New HD Partition

    Enter Disk Size to create New HD Partition

  7. Now that you’ve created a hard drive partition successfully, download GParted. (http://gparted.org/download.php)

    Download GParted

    Download GParted

  8. Now run UNetbootin tool and Choose Disk image by clicking the three dots and navigate to the downloaded Gparted iso – gparted-live-0.xx.x.x.i686.iso and choose your USB drive. Click OK. A pop-up will appear, press “Yes”.

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Formatting Hard Disk Drive to Ext4 using Gparted:

  1. Now Restart the computer and repeatedly press F12 until a menu displaying devices appears. Use the arrow keys to move up and down, and select the USB device you want to boot into. Press the Enter key. You can Google how to get to your device’s boot menu if this did not work.
  2. Use Enter/Return to click and the arrow keys to navigate the menus. The name of the flash drive corresponds to the flash drive manufacturer.
  3. As you select the USB drive, you’ll see some random text and following menu should appear.
  4. Select “GParted Live (Default Settings)” from there and if anything else pops up, just press enter until you see Gparted Pop-up in a new window
  5. You can go to the GParted menu, Devices, and select the drive you want to install Android on or just right click and then press new on your “Unallocated partition“. Make sure the file system is ext4, and then press Add.
  6. Then press “Apply” to make the changes. Once again press “Apply“, then remove the USB and reboot system.lso Read: How To Play All PS4 Games On Windows PC And Mac via PS4 Remote Play

Installing Android-x86 on Ext4 formatted Partition of HDD:

Step 1. When system starts, run UNetbootin tool. Choose the Android-x86 6.0.iso file you downloaded named android-x86-6.0-20151202.iso. Select your USB drive and click OK.

Step 2. After that, Restart your PC or Laptop via USB flash drive as the source. (Make USB to boot first and before CD/DVD ROM under your system’s BIOS settings)

Step 3. Now, When the menu appears, just select “Install Android x86 to hard disk“. You can also Run it As a Live Cd which means that if any changes made, they will not be saved. But if you install it then any changes that you make will be saved next time you boot android.
Install Android 5.0 Lollipop on Windows PC with Linux Dual Triple Boot - TechpostsStep 4: Select Ext4 hard disk partition to install Android x86. If it asks for formatting HD, PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW or FORMAT THE HARD DISK. If you do so, you will end up messing everything.

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Do Not Format HDD Ext4 Partition

Do Not Format HDD Ext4 Partition

Step 5: Now, You will get a few prompts messages pertaining to installation of GRUB Bootloader. Make sure to allow it.

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Create Boot Item for Windows

Create Boot Item for Windows

Allow installing system directory as read-write

Allow installing system directory as read-write

Install EFI Grub II

Install EFI Grub II

Do Not Format Partition when asked

Do Not Format Partition when asked

Installing Android X86 on ext4 HDD partition with Windows

Installing Android X86 on ext4 HDD partition with Windows

Step 8: Now, You can Restart your Windows PC/Laptops. After Reboot, You can select to either boot to Android or Windows.
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Must Read: How to Uninstall Android x86 from PC or Laptop

Voilah! You’re done. Congratulations!! You have successfully installed Android 6.0 Lollipop on Your Desktop PC/Laptop. Just set-it up and start using it. Enjoy this latest update. Please share your views or if you face any issues via comments section below. For more such updates and Howto guides, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook and +1 us on Google+. You can also signup to our newsletter below to get updates directly via E-mail.

3 comments

Rahul Rajput April 24, 2016 - 3:07 pm

Finally, I found this Dual boot windows 10 and Android Marshmallow tutorial, and it really working, but I want to install Google play store on my PC, please help me.

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Ravi Singh April 24, 2016 - 6:22 pm

Hello Rahul. If you want to install PlayStore, please follow this guide Installing Play Store in Remix OS

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Peter Turner October 29, 2017 - 9:19 am

I installed android-x86 6.0 on my laptop in July and can run many apps on it, except map based apps. These map based apps which either stop (“Unfortunately your app has stopped …”) or crash the entire system and which has to be rebooted, include Google Maps, Google Earth, various maps from Play Store, and my own apps which use the Google Maps API etc. All maps run well on my smart phone which was using android 6.0 and is now upgraded to android 7.0.

Is there any specific reason why only map-based apk apps don’t run successfully on my android-x86 6.0 such as missing files etc, or is it just my installation?

I am reluctant to completely reinstall it to the laptop for fear of destroying the use the apps which do work, but if there are individual files which I need to reload or reinstall then I expect this would be a preferred option.

Any contributions will be gratefully received.

Regards

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