I cannot get the raspberry pi zero to boot

I tried multiple times, I image the operating system onto the microSD card from my computer using a usb reader, then I take it and place it into the raspberry pi. After a few seconds some things display saying "raspberry pi" and a graphic. Then sometimes it reboots but it never boots to the actual desktop and remains at a black screen. The LED on the raspberry pi is solid green/yellow when I leave it to boot (while its on a black screen). I don't know what else I can try.

https://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#Red_power_LED_is_on.2C_green_LED_does_not_flash.2C_nothing_on_display

And please be more precise in describing how you created the bootable SD card.

i thought the issue was in the hdmi or the screen, since the sd card seemed to actually work cause i got the rainbow thingy and the raspberry pi os 32 bit logo for a few secs before it went black again

for some reason it worked for me, you can either try that or look for another source for help

i tried ur strategy

it didnt work sadly

that the green LED is slowly blinking

update: only the newest version of the pi os didnt work, i tried the legacy version and it booted without any issues