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            <h1>Create a Portable Emulation Setup with a Batocera USB Flash Drive</h1>
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          <h2>Things You Will Need</h2>

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	<li>A USB flash drive at least 16 GB, larger recommended <a href="https://amzn.to/3wkR5ju" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3wkR5ju</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3qkrJ1p" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3qkrJ1p</a> | <a href="https://amzn.to/3Nhu9b9" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/3Nhu9b9</a></li>
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<h2>Downloads and Flashing to MicroSD</h2>

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	<li>Download Batocera <a href="https://batocera.org/download" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Download Balena Etcher <a href="https://www.balena.io/etcher/" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Run Balena Etcher</li>
	<li>Write the Batocera image to the USB flash drive</li>
	<li><span id="li_379119_6"><label for="cb_li_379119_6">Safely remove USB flash drive</label></span></li>
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<h2>Booting to Batocera for the First Time</h2>

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	<li>Power off the PC</li>
	<li>Plug in the Batocera USB flash drive</li>
	<li>Power on the host computer, this time choosing to boot to the USB flash drive<br />
	<em><span style="font-size:12px;">The steps required to do this will vary based on motherboard, typically pressing F2, F12, DEL or ESC during boot will bring up a menu to set the boot device</span></em></li>
	<li>You should see the Batocera splash screen</li>
	<li>Setup Your Controller</li>
	<li>Game</li>
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<p>Special thanks to the developers of <a href="https://batocera.org/" target="_blank">Batocera</a> for making this amazing software</p>
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