# Can't set up Wifi **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [November 7, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/cant-set-up-wifi/100930 "2026-11-07T19:35:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![K1TSR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/k1tsr/32/137459_2.png) [@K1TSR](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/K1TSR)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/cant-set-up-wifi/100930/1 "2026-11-07T19:35:13Z")
Hello all. Just received the FlightAware Pro stick. I set up the SD card using the instructions, but when I insert back into the PC, it doesn’t mount to allow me to edit the config file. [PiAware - build your own ADS-B ground station for integration with FlightAware - FlightAware](https://www.flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/build) I know the SD is imaged correctly because PiAware loads and I can see flights. ---
**Author:** ![K1TSR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/k1tsr/32/137459_2.png) [@K1TSR](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/K1TSR)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/cant-set-up-wifi/100930/2 "2026-11-07T20:32:56Z")
Was able to do it through the RPi command line. Not sure why the SD doesn’t show on the PC like the instructions say. I’m up and running. ---
**Author:** ![abcd567](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/abcd567/32/113769_2.png) [@abcd567](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/abcd567)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/cant-set-up-wifi/100930/3 "2026-11-08T18:00:41Z")
> [@K1TSR](#): > > Not sure why the SD doesn’t show on the PC If by PC you mean Windows PC, then your microSD card is still recognized by Windows at the hardware level, but Windows Explorer cannot see it _ **most likely** _ because the Raspberry Pi Imager has changed the partition table so that **it no longer has a Windows drive letter assigned.** ## FIX: Use Windows Disk Management to Assign a Drive Letter If Windows stripped the drive letter after writing the image, you can manually assign a new one: ### STEP 1 of 6: Press Win + x keys, and in pop=up menu click “Disk Management” ![RPi Imager Windows Fix - 1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/flightaware/original/3X/6/8/68c52b54bf960b36a98c464d54289e88fb6a4928.png) ### STEP 2 of 6: In the “Disk Management” window opened, scroll down and locate your microSD card by its capacity (e.g., 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB). Be careful NOT to select your main system drive. ![RPi Imager Windows Fix - 2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/flightaware/original/3X/8/3/8311eb20f1890573c23f9ed6ff6fe12be4b658fa.png) ### STEP 3 of 6: Right-click the partition on the microSD card. This will open a popup. On pop-up choose “Change Drive Letter and Paths”… ![RPi Imager Windows Fix - 3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/flightaware/original/3X/6/a/6ac743fb0aa1de60d1a7f9e000f3ed89c078cdf4.png) ### STEP 4 of 6: On the popup, click Add. This will opn another popup ![RPi Imager Windows Fix - 4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/flightaware/original/3X/5/4/54ddb986af24ca66fdeda58ccbe549f35f6a8d35.png) ### STEP 5 of 6: On this new popup, pick a letter (like E: or F:), and click OK. ![RPi Imager Windows Fix - 5](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/flightaware/original/3X/d/8/d846b09422afe604bf6636bd628bd3546352e13b.png) ### STEP 6 of 6: Check main menue of “Disk Management”. The microSD card will now show a Drive Letter assigned to it. ![RPi Imager Windows Fix - 6](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/flightaware/original/3X/c/0/c00eba69485d4d097cbf8bcdbeb1b91abab2ded7.png)     ---
**Author:** ![abcd567](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussions.flightaware.com/abcd567/32/113769_2.png) [@abcd567](https://discussions.flightaware.com/u/abcd567)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://discussions.flightaware.com/t/cant-set-up-wifi/100930/4 "2026-11-09T14:06:50Z")
> [@K1TSR](#): > > I set up the SD card using the instructions, but when I insert back into the PC, it doesn’t mount to allow me to edit the config file. [PiAware - build your own ADS-B ground station for integration with FlightAware - FlightAware](https://www.flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/build) The Flightaware instructions recommend **Raspberry Pi Imager** which has this draw back. The RPi Imager has great advantage to set user, password, WiFi and SSH in the Imager before writing the image to microSD Card **if a Raspberr Pi OS image from raspberry Pi foundation is used**. However for **custom images** like **PiAware** and **Pi24** , this facility is not available, and user has to edit the file in Windows Explorer, which fails as microSD card is no more visible in Windows Explorer after Imager finishes writing the image. In view of above situation I use following strategy: - **For “Raspberry Pi OS mage”, I use “RPi Imager”**. - **For “Custom images” like PiAware and Pi24, I use Win32DiskImager**. ## Win32DiskImager Download Link [https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/](https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/) The advantage of using Win32DiskImager for Piaware and Pi24 is that **microSD card is still accessible in Windows Explorer after image is written** , making it possible to access `/boot` partition which contains config file `piaware-config.txt`, and also create a blank file and name it `ssh`. The only inconvinience is taht user has to first extract downloaded `piaware.img.xz` to `piawre.img` as the Win32Imager does not extract it automatically and can only write correctly the images extracted to `.img`