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Where to get the latest ReactOS binaries and how to install them.
ReactOS binaries are physically stored on ReactOS' SourceForge development site. You can download ReactOS directly from the SourceForge site, but some users may prefer to go via ReactOS.com.
Visit reactos.com which is the ReactOS portal site. This site will always point to the latest binaries.
- Click on the link, on the opening page of reactos.com that points to the latest "Kernel Release".
- On the Latest Release page, click on the "Download kernel x.x.xx binaries" (eg. "Download kernel 0.0.18 binaries") link.
- Visit sourceforge.net/projects/reactos which is ReactOS' development site, hosted by SourceForge.
- Scroll down to the "Latest File Releases"
- Click on the "Download" link for the reactos package.
- Scroll down to the reactos package (should be hilighted purple) and click on the xxxx_binary.zip (eg. 0018_binary.zip) link to download the binaries.
- Use your favourite zip utility to open the downloaded binary file.
- Extract the binaries to c:\ (the archive has path information to extract under c:\reactos).
- Check that the binaries are installed under c:\reactos (not c:\reactos\reactos!).
Note: You must extract the binaries to c:\reactos (first partition of first hard drive) if you wish to boot ReactOS under real hardware (DOS or boot loader).
Note: If you are going to use emulation software (we recommend Bochs; see Bochs documentation) to test ReactOS, then it does not matter where you extract to.