Followed this a week ago when I got my new 1TB SSD and everything has been working great! Thanks much. In case anyone else runs into this, the only issue I ran into was, during the Steam BTRFS conversion process, I was presented with an extra step that wasn't in the tutorial (right before the choice to convert the home folder). I had no idea what I was really doing really hah just was following the tutorial and so the first time, I took a guess and I picked the wrong option. Not only did it not work converting the home folder but also I had to reimage my steam again to fix it. SO, don't be a dummy like me, just hit the next or okay button because the correct option should already be preselected.

@vrilm6746

Жыл бұрын

That confused me, too. Thanks, mate.

This was the best and most helpful dual boot video I have seen. Thanks for this. I haven’t seen the BRFTS mentioned in any others I watched which was the whole reason I wasn’t wanting to do it. The boot loader at the end was icing on the cake. I love how you not only explained what to do but you also gave detail of what everything means or does as well. Thank you so much for your time and effort with this

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This was a great tutorial, keep it coming! I love when i find someone that explains well. Make videos of all the tweaks you got, refresh and controller.

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Over time I would like to put up more videos for sure, especially any one offs that I can find that are not already well known.

Nice! Will be following your very well put together guide in the near future!

great tutorial & great video.. out of all the dual boot videos for the steam deck, your's was the most informative & convinced me to switch to dual boot. great job at explaining things & from another tech savvy person, i can tell you know what your talking about. wishing you a speedy recovery through the aches & pains. thank you!

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback and support!

i haven't done anything like this since the ps1 days. super thank you! rediscovering my love for games through the Steam Deck. your step by step and explaining the functionalities helped me out greatly! hope your back is feeling better. 12/20/23 is when I did this and it works amazing!

Thank you a ton for this in depth guide. This has worked for me to get my Steam Deck set up with with a shared storage dual boot. This video was a blessing and i am very grateful to learn your knowledge. You know exactly what you are talking about and are trying to explain to us in this video. It is not often you find someone that goes so in depth and that is great that you do that. I was beyond frustrated with the issues i had trying to follow countless other guides. Windows also runs problem free on the internal SSD. It is a night and day difference compared to the slowness on an SD Card (and i had a fast 1 TB SanDisk Extreme) The only problem i had during the process on my Deck was that i wasn't able to resize the home partiton and assign the new partition i made for windows as ntfs in KDE Partition Manager (i kept getting an error) The Solution to that was using Gparted to resize the home partiton and format the new partition to NTFS from a usb stick through the boot manager on the steam deck (you can use rufus to burn/write Gparted to a usb stick) I also decided to use Clover for a dual boot manager instead of rEFInd (i had issues before where rEFInd messed up a previous dual boot setup) I would like to know if you can make that follow up video with the rest of the tools and set up for windows? I am interested in a tool that could add vibrance to the Deck screen in windows similar to Vibrant Deck in Steam OS. I am also interested in the refresh rate tool you have. This has to be the best Dual Boot video on the internet😎 Again thank you soo much for this thorough walkthrough man! 😁

This is a fantastic guide, you deserve a lot more views. It ticks all the boxes I wanted, which was to preserve the Deck as I had it setup but then partition the main drive so I could get Windows on there without wiping anything else I had setup already. It all worked perfectly. I'll be sure to link your video whenever I see anyone asking for a dual-boot solution for the Deck.

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Thank You, I appreciate the feedback and support!

This was perfect. Best video out there for dual boot SD

Really nice content, very clear. I hope you'll find ways to accommodate your herniated disks - for me a combination of standing desk and inversion table really helps.

This was a very well explained tutorial. Well done sir.

thank you very much for your slow detailed instructions.....great job and happy healing on the back.....ty sir! hats off

GREAT video. Went without an issue! Many thanks.

great tutorial. got the dual booth working on my deck the 2nd day it arrived. thanks

Very informative and easy to follow tutorial much love

Thanks so much for this! Worked like a charm!

This is amazing, thanks for explaining

This is great. I am gonna do this.

Hi Your tutorial looks awesome ! As for now, I could not find any satisfactory solution to have both windows and steamOS on my steam deck that no I will for sure give a try at it! I am eager seeing your next video on the topic.

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Created a Steam Deck playlist so you can find them all easily.

Shout out to this video photo. Just beautiful.

You deserve a medal😂 Great tutorial!

At around 18:30 you mention about new SD cards being formatted will be formatted to BTRFS. However, I'm curious if you know if my current SD card with games, emulators, configs could be converted to BTRFS like the home directory is at this part. I have data on both my 1tb internal nvme and my 1tb sd card and I'm just trying to see if I can maintain all data through the dual boot process. If you happen to know if theres a good chance the SD card would need to be wiped, that will determine if I hold off on dual booting with shared storage. Appreciate the video!

12:48 Yes, it did take forever... 29:11 oh the meme of edge being ew. Edge is actually Well sir i followed your guide. This was hella nice. Best part i found was windows 11 asking me which of the 50 windows activations i have my account did i want to use for the steam deck. Lmfaoo.. Not much i can say negative about your video you did your best and even went the extra mile by redubbing over it. Thank you very much as i've been doing research on dual booting for the past two months for this and your video was the only one that gave me the confidence to take on the project.

Thanks, great video. I'm going to try this on my 256gb sd. I have windows on a 256gb sd-card right now just to try it. But this seems like a much better solution.

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

As mentioned I cant recommend placing an OS on a SD card, too many reads/writes that will harm the life of that card and cripple performance. If you want to do a science experiment install Process Explorer: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer Just watch how much is actually happening behind the scenes of your computer.

@Gerudo-King-Ganondorf

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC So can I just use a 256gb or 512gb drive in the deck, split the two partitions then use sd cards for extra space for both so I don't run out?

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

@@Gerudo-King-Ganondorf Yes correct, check out the follow up video to see that in action.

@Gerudo-King-Ganondorf

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC Ok nice. I got a 256gb ssd on the way tomorrow. I'm gonna replace the storage then do the dual boot. ✊

Ok, I did this last night and got it working Yay, however I had 3 issues that I had to figure out, this may help someone if it comes up. 1. I was not able to set up the windows partition in the main SteamOS desktop so I did it in the recovery drive. 2. I lost my steamOS option in the boot menu so I had to retrieve it by following a reddit post, but also I see OP made a video for this too, so watch that instead. 3. I ended up making the GUI of Refind and put the icon to my desktop. You have to set the parameters of what you want to show up. (the preset is fine) then click Install fEFind and then click Install Config. This works!

Thnks broo, this so helpfull me for set dualboot

thank you very much for your tutorial video.

Hello! Amazing, useful and interesting tutorial! I watched it several times, so as not to make mistakes in the steps of the process. 🤓 But an important tip, if you intend to use Xbox Game Pass games, it is not possible in the /home partition. The Xbox app requires an NTFS formatted drive to install games. Thanks a lot for the video! Hugs!

@matteoj8652

7 ай бұрын

Man I wish I knew about this before I proceeded....I wanted to use Window exclusively for Xbox app games :(

7 ай бұрын

@@matteoj8652 Unfortunately! 😔

@matteoj8652

7 ай бұрын

You don't happen to have any suggestions on the best way to recover? Right now I just have 800GB of space I can only use with SteamOS@

Nice tutorial, I bought a 256GB SSD and I will do the dual boot tomorrow. What is your recommendation for the Windows partition? You had 1TB, so you set to 97GB, but I will make a partition for less space. Thanks.

@ChapinPro

Жыл бұрын

X2

After doing Steam btrfs, I was just getting the steam logo instead of the command line you showed for 30 minutes. Decided to turn my steam deck off then turn it on again then I got the command line and it loaded up. YMMV but that's what worked for me if you run into that issue.

perhaps an interesting problem here. I run my Deck on the Main brach which did update my deck to the latest bios (10). Im not sure if this is related, but as of now refind is installed and there as a selectable boot option, but nothing i seem to try will prioritise it as 1st in the boot order, even changing the boot order in Konsole doesnt work. No matter what i do, it always boots windows (win 11 22h2). If i boot into the boot loader, and manually select refind it works as it should, i just cant get refind to start up by default. Any ideas?

@Jerry-iu8ss

Жыл бұрын

SAME HERE.. ANYONE COULD HELP?

The only problem i have with btrfs is that when i insert my sdcard (formatted to btrfs of course) in my PC to transfer some game files, my PC does not want to eject the sdcard (on an sd reader).

Hi! Great tutorial. I just ordered my steam deck. If i follow your tutorial with a fresh steamdeck i can just get a thumbdrive with windows and the drivers and can start at the 'convert file system to BTRFS' timestamp right?

15:50 There is bow a "easy to use" intaller to convert to btrfs, but it asks to select the devices to convert and shows rootfs, rootfs-A, Var-A and Var-B. Please forgive my ignorance, but what should I select to continue?

I did this a while ago. Great tutorial! But now I'd like to give the C:/ Drive on Windows a bit more space. How do I go about that? Same process, format to NTFS, then merge/extend C:/ over on the Windows boot?

rootfs-A and rootfs-B were converted to btrfs but /home is still ext4

I've used this tutorial and my decks been runing amazing until I ran into an unrelated bug that wont allow me to sleep the system in gamemode. Before I do a fac reset I would like to know if this action will get rid of my reFIND and windows dual boot setup? Also does reimaging the deck change the file system back to stock?

Question... Every time I try to install programs (on my shared storage drive) on Windows, I get a BSOD

i got a problem SD card not detecting on windows setup drive select..i have 2 partition 1 btrfs(400gb) and 1 more ntfs (100gb)..the windows setup cant detect neither..can anoyone help?

Are you downloading these things directly to steam deck or a laptop to store in a usb drive? was expecting you to do the process while I follow.

I did this dual boot method 2 months ago and worked flawlessly, but just yesterday after the update my drive is now Wiped. This method is hands down the best way to dual boot your steam deck. But I would advise you, for now, to do a different method. Until the Kinks are out of this one. P.S. I'm not the only one this happened to.

@ACCESS_DENIIED

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I actually had something similar happen to me too. The update didn't wipe anything but It did cause so many issues (Including battery draining stupidly fast) so I decided to reimage the whole device and start again. Currently in the process of doing this all again.

@dannypham6060

Жыл бұрын

Same here, but after some digging it looks like reinstalling refind was the fix

@jorisbonson386

Жыл бұрын

This is EXACTLY why I don't follow methods like this - people think they're being clever but at the end of the day just ends up creating far more work for you.

Amazing tutorial. A couple of questions 1) where did you get your live wallpaper. 2) I have a shared folder in my windows partition. Steam see the SD, but I can’t add to the storage section. You said if I format it… it will format to BRFTS. Also it will delete everything on the SD correct. 3)When I downloaded edge on the steam desktop it downloaded, but without a icon. I also updated the software. I know this is a lot. Thanks in advance.

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

1.) My desktop uses Wallpaper Engine, found some random things I like from the Steam Database. 2.) If you format you will lose everything, so you can move it to a different location first and then move it back after the format. 3.) Might have to browse to the binary and manually add a shortcut for it.

@RodneyLFitzgerald

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your response. When I finished your tutorial. Everything looked good. But steam did not see my sad card. I formatted it and it see the card now. The windows and steam are partitioned on the steam I was speaking of the sd card

@ianrose666

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC for point 2, am I right in thinking that if I copy all contents of the SD card to a different location, format the SD card to the new file type, when I copy back all the files, they’ll be fine?

Great video! However I get to the Imaging Windows 11 section 23:01 and it is just stuck on the steam logo and does not proceed to the windows install screen. Any advise?

So out of curiosity, not saying i need to. if i need to reinstall steam os how do i do that now? do i have to destroy the windows partition to do it?

Hey again, I'm having a issue of not being able to store anything on my SD card or the spare space on the SSD as it doesn't give me even a option to store on them. Any idea on a fix? Windows 10 by the way

Is there a way to shrink or re-allocate an ssd that already have data on it. I will like to make a partition on the internal ssd without reformating.

Good day i follow all the instructions but when power my SD it boot on windows even i already install refind. I need to volume power to boot into refind bootloader

Great video, many thanks for all the information. I have a question, Is it possible to install Windows 11 in a MicroSD card and use ReFind to create the dual boot between SteamOS installed in the internal drive and Windows 11 installed in the MicroSD card? Do you know where is located the configuration files of ReFind to try to set or change something to indicate ReFind where Windows 11 is installed? Many thanks

@ChapinPro

Жыл бұрын

Install windows on your micro ss card would kill it as he says at the first part of the video

@waspharderfaster

Жыл бұрын

@@ChapinPro many thanks, I hadn't listen to that information. I'm reinstalling all the system (Steam os and Windows 11) in the internal disc.

I've done this with 0 issues. Only problem I have is now my Steam Deck won't format my SD and when I format my SD on Windows, my Steam Deck doesn't recognize the SD Card. How do I fix this?

What size is the minimum you recommended to install windows 11 21H2 from rufus and have soace for updates etc… only have 512gb on my steam deck

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

64GB is the published minimum from Microsoft.

So just to be clear, if I wanted a game on windows and steamos, I still need to install the game twice? Thanks!

Do you install Steam / Uplay / Epic Store in the Windows_Install folder? Or can they reside in the Program Files folder but put all installed games in the Windows_Install folder?

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

I personally install them in the normal program files directory and just point the game download and installs to the shared folder. This way all my programs are in one place and all my media is in another.

Will it be too late to change the portion storage after downloading windows already?

My sdcard does not mount I already had it with games then used btrfs all together

Great tutorial. I am able to dual boot. However, when I try installing games on the Xbox app in windows. I am not able to install to the home drive. It gives me the partition set for the windows install

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

I have not tried that yet, if it does not have any way to browse to a new location, you can look into what is called Junctions to fool the program into thinking its installing on the C: for windows but its actually being redirected to the home drive.

Will this tutorial still work as shown in the video after the latest Steam update? Getting my Deck in a few weeks so I haven't done this yet

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Nothing in this guide actually touches or has anything to do with the SteamOS install so it cant be broken as far as the setup.

Quick question. Do we HAVE to convert to btrfs? I've done this method through and through twice, both times have ended up eventually breaking something. Was wondering if I could still give windows som espace without really messing with Steam OS. The first time i did this method, steam stopped booting bc windows updated. 2nd time I tried, Discover store would freeze upon opening it and force restart my deck

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

No, you can dual boot without conversation. If you want to share the space is the main reason for conversion.

If I want to convert my current drive to BTRFS will I have to reinstall and reconfigure any games? I have a 1TB drive with 240GB free space. I am worried that I will loose some of the configuration I had to do to run EmuDeck and all the emulators from an SD card. Any tips, or any warnings before I take the chance?

@jaimeborges5885

Жыл бұрын

Did not get a response but I will share my experience. I uninstalled half of the games from my internal 1TB drive. The BTRS conversion took a lot of time but it completed without issues. When I tried to create the NTFS partition I got an error that I could not have more than 8 partitions. Looked around for solutions and was able to create the NTFS partition using a bootable USB drive with Gparted. The rest of the process was very smooth following this tutorial. Thanks for making it so simple and detailed!

My games aren't working at all on Windows. They work fine when downloaded and run from SteamOS, but not when I have them in the Windows-Installation folder in /home.

Do you have any issues updating or downloading games on windows boots with this drive? I setup a btrfs micro sd that I share with steam and windows os

after i install windows, it stuck at boot loader when i open steam os

Can you do all this using macbook?

Oh convert home folder to BTRFS? I'd be too chicken for that. I just put in my 1TB yesterday and partitioned it into 300 Steam OS, 200 Windows, 500BTRFS. I was pleasantly surprised that KDE can do btrfs right out of the box. Otherwise I would have just done half half.

It’s failing to resize partiatiion any help?

whats the controller driver and refresh thing? i did everything exactly what you did but winder those two things not mentioned on the video

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Other videos, working on refresh next. Video was about the dual boot, not the extra features for Windows. So that is how to set a custom refresh rate, and the other is to use Steam Deck controls in Windows on non Steam games. So stay tuned for those videos soon.

hi i have a question, if I don't want to share storage. Am I am to just have a micro sd external card I use for when I want to extend my windows storage and a seperate micro sd for windows games? Is this possible? What issues would I run into if i tried this route? You seem extremely knowledgeable about this process, and would love your insight

@ChristopherNicholson-lo1qs

Жыл бұрын

Also with that being said, on another end of the question, could I actually just use one TB micro sd for both operating systems? Meaning have games I run on windows, and games I run on Steam OS coming from the same micro sd? Or does each OS need a specific formatted micro sd? I guess it would be better to explain my end goal. Which is to play the CODs including warzones, and older COD titles on windows. While playing resident evils, red dead redemption, and metal gear solids on Steam. I imagine these titles will take tons of storage. I dont mind spending the money on extra SDs if I need to but wanted to know more about the process before I try a dual boot.

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

@@ChristopherNicholson-lo1qs Your first question, just setup dual boot, do not do the BTRFS conversion, and format your SD card to a windows format like exFAT or Fat32 or NTFS. Second question, follow the tutorial exactly, that is the goal here is that one SD card is available to both OS's and you share the space. Create yourself a new folder to use to keep your files seperate, but use the same card.

Question: If i need to reinstall windows on its partition, will the rEFInd installation be affected by it? Do I need to reinstall rEFInd for boot screen after reinstalling windows?

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

I have not personally tried, but it should be unaffected. Just as long as you install Windows to the same partition as before, Refind is on a different partition and just pointing back to Windows and Steam OS. So it lives on its own space, and does its own job, the only thing that could mess it up is if Windows decided to install/overwrite any of the other partitions. With a custom install pointing to a single partition it should not do this, it will do a standard single partition install.

The Microsoft Game Pass App won't install any games on the btrfs drive. It can only install games on the C: , D: and E: drives. Is there a workaround for this issue?

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

So far this is the only exception, it's not due to the setup but simply a restriction from Microsoft. XBox does not install as an application, but an internal Windows App, it goes to a hidden folder on the C: where Paint, Snipping Tool, etc all the Windows Store apps live. You can resize the partitions to give yourself more space on Windows if needed without redoing anything. I'll get a video together on this probably tomorrow.

Only problem I have is my sd card isn't popping up no more on the Windows side

instead of using a thumb drive can you use an sd card 64GB to do this process and use the internal slot ? Thinking about using my 512GB internal for dual boot to run MW2 on WIN11 thus using 100GB for windows and rest for steam OS as your instructions ?

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

I do not know if you can boot from the internal slot, but you can always use a USB adapter for a SD card and do it that way. It just all comes down to if you can see the internal SD card as a boot option, if so it will work.

@godfreymassa1814

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC many thanks. In such case can I use only 1 SSD than ? I have a Samsung T5 512GB. Can I use it to restore steamos and than install windows from it ?

@jorisbonson386

Жыл бұрын

@@godfreymassa1814 Sorry but only one answer per user 😂

hi there is it possible to used ( Windows 11 x-lite se (22621.963) 'reflection' ) as windows 11 on steamdeck and with your tutorial? or the windows 11 iso at windows download tool only?

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

I cant say I know 100%, the problem with lite is sometimes drivers/software and things are missing and it can cause issues. But at the end of the day it probably works and just needs testing.

@repelstik

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC having problems on setup on partition using kde partition manager having error after so many trying and figure out i see the gparted partion manager and it works then after i install the windows lite last problem i encounter is the refind add on i used the pacman at terminal and it works. thanks on the guide i will update on the windows lite if it's good for the Steamdeck or not.

Doesn't work for me. The SteamOS BTRFS conversion doesn't work. If I run the script or alternatively the easy installer it seems to start and do something, but after the automatic reboot, the screen just stays black for a moment (no console script running as shown at 18:04). After some seconds it reboots again to the normal SteamOS and shows the initial setup screen with language etc and wants me to login again. After I do this nothing changed. The set console password still exists, all partitions including home are still ext4 but all customizations like the installed firefox or keyboard layout are removed / reset to factory default. Edit: Ok, after reviewing Partitions with Gparted, I see rootfs-A and rootfs-B were converted to btrfs. But home still is ext4 even after a few retries.

@rubencastillo6828

Жыл бұрын

i have the issue were able to find a solution

@ScyllasSimp

Жыл бұрын

@@rubencastillo6828 We're you able to find a solution?

@supernovamega

Жыл бұрын

Same issue here. rootfs-A and rootfs-B were converted to btrfs but not /home.

where to get the controller driver

I can't partition the main SSD. Any suggestions? Don't know how to do it without turning on SteamOS and I understand, once it's on, you are unable to adjust partition. Thanks

@iBuff_

Жыл бұрын

got it.

@wrathpsp

Жыл бұрын

@@iBuff_ What was the solution dude?

do you know how to customize the boot icon and background thanks

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

When I did this tutorial it was a manual process, that involved editing the configuration file. Now with the new version of ReFind it has a GUI so you can do it directly from the GUI without any difficulty. So the tutorial I was going to make on that process is pointless now. However it might make sense to do an updated video on the new version and its features.

So I followed your video it's really good and it awesome but I've ran into a problem. My sd card of the Windows donesnt show up anymore

@ViciousXUSMC

10 ай бұрын

Sounds like Windows is missing the BTRFS driver so it cant see it.

There is one problem. After turning on windows from the rEFInd launcher, the next time I start Steam Deck, windows starts immediately with no choice. after rebooting steam os everything works fine. what to do?

@Jerry-iu8ss

Жыл бұрын

SAME HERE

Can I run the BRFTS steps after I have partitioned and installed Windows 11?

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Yes you can do it anytime, but be mindful that anything on the drive needs a place to go during conversion, so you will have less free space to do that. I am not sure if its 1:1 but I would want some extra to be safe.

Can i use wireless mouse n keyboard ?

After following your video when i go to change into steamOS only windows appears. my only option is windows. I am assuming i messed up along the way. any info would be greatly appreciated. thank you

@diceman3616

Жыл бұрын

Same thing happened to me. The btrfs now has an installer, and there are some other options with it, so I'm assuming I picked something wrong

I have a question can you just add windows with out having to rest your deck back to factory 1st?

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Yes, in this video that is what I did, but many people may need to "restart" to get a good clean start, or free up enough space for this process.

I followed your guide. Everything is okay except for when i connect my sdcard to the PC via sd slot or via card reader. The PC reads the sd fine and i am able to add files but i cannot eject the sd file. The PC says it cannit be ejected because the sd card is being used but it is not. Any trick to make the card ejectable?

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Have to find what process is hanging it up, but I just keep mine in my SD 24/7 so it never is put into another device.

Hello I don't know if you are still following this post but I have the 64k and a 1T ssd in the dock -hub- currently in ext4 I still have to resize to format in NTFS and I would like to install Windows on it and leave the rest in partition shared in BTRFS I don't know much about linux. How to be sure that it changes the correct partition/ssd to BTRFS 😱

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

I follow all my videos and try to help when/where I can. But when things are really technical and I am not there to see things in person it can be kind of hard to help. So my advise is to learn the concepts and try to apply them to your situation. If you mess up, you can always format and start again!

@Yanoozen

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC Thanks for responding, I m gonna try because you gave me some good ideas with your very clear videos :)

I'm doing this now. Wish me luck.

@hartdr8074

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow everythjing went well.

I’m not too sure what I did wrong. I follow your tutorial and wanted to keep my steam os as is. When I convert the files to btrfs It shutdown just like yours but I lost everything. I don’t have anymore game installed and my storage is now showing 4 gb in steam Os. In KBE partition manager i can still se my 1 tb ssd and the amount of space reminding on the disc after installing my games. Any help would be greatly appreciated

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

You will probably have to redo, but the only thing I can think of is you didnt have enough space to convert, or some other failure like restarting before it was completed.

@olicool1997

Жыл бұрын

Restard the conversion or re-imagine?

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

@@olicool1997 Probably a new image from scratch and follow along again.

hy mate can i set this up on steam deck dekstop mode using docking station?

@v3gazr

6 ай бұрын

I did rufus on my External Hard drive its seagate 1tb but after i did rufus it doesn't show up on my computer but my device manager still detected it, i got so confuse right now

Just did this for the new SSD I installed and I love the shared space. I'm running into an issue with the bootloader from the end - when I restart from steamOS is works fine and I can select which OS, but when I restart from windows it directly starts windows and I have to hold the buttons for the boot screen and select steam OS. Any suggestions on this?

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Have to change boot loader priority so that ReFind is ahead of Steam OS. I was going to make a new tutorial on this at some point, I figured the new version of Refind would fix it automatically but I guess not.

@dcaro310

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC is there a way to change the boot order in the bios? On a normal computer I can change the priority of each, but it doesn't seem to be an option in the Steam Deck bios

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

@@dcaro310 Cant be done in bios, its not boot order like in BIOS with different disks, its the EFI priority. The new version of ReFind I think has a tool built right in for it. Got a couple of videos to do for some other stuff I am working on (new photo/video gear) after that I'll jump back over to the Steam Deck, have not used mine in a while so need to do some catching up.

Error when partitioning, after resize. I have 64gb model with 1tb SDcard, getting an error after hitting apply to shrink partition (46.99gb to 3.27gb)

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

3.27gb? Sounds like your trying to shrink it past the actual used space. You can only shrink free space.

@sensasianone_battlestation2433

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for reply, so in KDE partition , I see type:btrfs mount point:home size 46.99gb used 3.29gb. I right clicked to resize the partition, what size do you recommend in my scenario. Again I have 64gb model and 1tb external micro sd card that formatted to btrfs via steam deck

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

@@sensasianone_battlestation2433 I dont know for sure, would need to look up the minimum space for each. Cutting it close as Windows recomends 64GB or so. But that is not the minimum, and I do not know what Steam OS needs.

@sensasianone_battlestation2433

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC thanks, just installed a windows to go on a external SSD and called it a day lol

The upcoming update (currently in preview) will break the SteamOS boot partition, leaving Windows still available. You can restore the boot record using the recovery image and still keep all of your game in SteamOS, but it will break the windows boot record.

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Once that happens, I'll see about finding the easiest way to fix it. ReFind is pretty flexible, as long as you can keep everything pointed to that, should be easy to fix everything.

@dannypham6060

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC ah looks like we need this fix because this was the comment I was looking for. Seems I'm having the issue but I actually have neither windows nor steam available

@dannypham6060

Жыл бұрын

Nevermind, it looks like reinstalling refind is the fix :)

For some reason it makes me choose between 2 different windows 10 when I go to windows side, one says it needs repair where as the other works 🤔 any idea how to get rid of the one that needs repair? Edit: Decided to restart from scratch and re image steam, wish me luck for take 2 😂

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Have to get tech y, sounds like you somehow have two boot entries, so you have to use a method to edit and delete a boot entry. In the case of this guide, that means editing the RFFIND, so I would look at the documentation for RFFIND and see if there are some easy manual editing instructions.

I don't know if i did something wrong, but I can't seem to partition /home. It just returns with an error. Any idea why?

@martintornqvist9624

Жыл бұрын

I solved it by launching steam os from the USB stick and now it works great!

@sensasianone_battlestation2433

Жыл бұрын

@@martintornqvist9624 how? Having the same issue. Only have the 64gb, so partitioning 45gb but error out too for me

after install windows on ntfs partition, steam os is gone under boot menu then i reimage steam os and did btrfs conversion again, now i cant shrink a partition and got an error via KDE...

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Step messed up somewhere, recommend fresh image from Steam Recovery Image and follow along again.

@Bigzerk

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC I don't know what I did wrong but as I said, steam os boot was gone after windows installation, then I reimage and converted btrfs but KDE partition manager threw error when I tried to shrink volume. as you advised, i reimage and follow the guide one more time...well it worked...i don't know what i did wrong but yes i may messed at some point

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

@@Bigzerk Sounds like it was installed to the wrong location, that is the only way it could have touched the Steam OS.

can i get a dumb explanation of the window directory @ 31:00 Edit: if thats the process at 33:08 nvm i understand now

WARNING! After following this tutorial and using my Steam Deck flawlessly for about 2 weeks, updating SteamOS bricked my Steam Deck and most probably it's related to rEFInd (i have no proof tho), just a headsup. I was greeted with the typical black screen, i left it unplugged to the battery can drain (as advised per reddit) but before it got drained (after about an hour) i was greeted with the Boot Manager and it displayed no bootable partition. I plugged in a USB flashdrive that had steamos recovery in, booted the recovery os, reimaged the Steam Deck so everything's wiped and it's just as if it's new, i still can't boot into anywhere, just the black screen. Not possible to reach Boot Manager, not possible to reach BIOS. (i think even my BIOS got wiped/corrupt because of the SteamOS update) This time I wasn't even able to get to the boot manager by just waiting. I'm now issuing an RMA with Steam so they can replace my device. P.S: I'm not blaming this tutorial, just wanted to give you a heads up. It's a major f-up on Steam's side to ship an OS update that can literally brick the device. It's possible that it may not even be related to tinkering with the internal drive and boot partition, I saw lots of "vanilla" users without any modifications suffering from the same thing after a SteamOS update, and most of them RMAd their device and are waiting for replacements.

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the feedback, no matter how messed up your boot sector gets, your partitions, your OS, none of those can brick your system. At worst your looking at re-imaging. The only thing as far as updates that can brick a system are things like BIOS updates, and that is why they are always done in a safe way, usually in a controlled environment outside the OS, or from an OS updater that is self contained and verifies before reboot (will never touch the boot loader) Was this a beta update or one live now? I can update mine today to test.

@boorchboorch

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC this was the latest build on the preview branch as of last night. i actually talked to steam support about this, after a couple of trouble shooting back and forth, (including stuff ~i already tried even though i clearly stated that i did~ like first getting into "battery storage" mode, then reverting it back and powering the device on with the battery again -unplugged-, once again waiting for ~30+ mins staring at the black screen to somehow be able to reach the boot manager and doing a complete reimage afterwards) and eventually i was back where i was (blackscreen, haptics responsive, fan turning, nothing else). their conclusion also was BIOS getting corrupted. (or maybe they just wanted to close the case) anyways, i was asking if there's any other way to reach the boot manager without waiting for 30 minutes and instead of answering this, they issued me an RMA and i'll be sending my device back for a replacement. so i may advise against giving it a go yourself :) P.S: the initial suggestion given was to just reinstall steamos instead of reimaging, but unfortunately you can't reinstall steamos if the home partition is btrfs. (i highly doubt it would work anyways since even reimaging failed to bring it back to life)

A few things you're missing, 1) You NEED to use "MSMG Toolkit" to debloat the f*ck out of windows, it made the installation folder from 5gb to 2gb, ram usage was as low as 1GB when no apps are in use, This is a MUST on a steam deck where we prioritize games! 2) How do I get controller support in windows, or rather the BEST WAY? 3) Windows 10 vs 11? 4) You forgot to change UMA frame buffer from 1G (default) to 4G. Windows DO NOT know how to utilize this, steam OS does natively.

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

1.) For another video perhaps, too much to put into one. Personally I just run a script to debloat Windows, but in my profesional experience it's risky at times as you never known when something you removed is a dependency for something else. 2.) That is something I do want to make a different video for. Out of the box it just works great for Steam games, but there are a few ways for Non Steam Games. 3.) Your choice, I like 11 as I feel it was designed more around small touch screen devices and integrates the OSK better. 4.) I am still experimenting with this one, I think this setting is the Minimum not the Max, it should dynamically grow as needed. Until I can test it and find benefit I cant tell everybody to do it.

@oliviavalentine5294

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC 1) MSMG Toolkit creates an ISO. Not "after the fact" debloater. Its open source too! 2) Which software do you use? 3) I heard 10 has better drivers? is that true? 4) Do check your GPU's ram using GPU-Z, it has 1GB in windows if you didn't change it in bios.

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

@@oliviavalentine5294 1.) I love open source, still has the same effect before/after if something is removed that is needed. When I used to be on the endpoint device team I had seen crazy things happen like Edge having a dependency on the XBOX game bar lol. 2.) The two main ones are Glocci and SWICD. I am leaning more for SWICD but have not tested enough to make a recommendation. I do already have an improvement I wrote for Glocci if that ends up being my recommendation 3.) To my knowledge they are pretty much the same. The Drivers from Steam get everything working out of the box currently. Including the one thing that was broken the Audio. 4.) If I find this to be the case and can test to verify performance differences I'll for sure put out an add-on video for after imaging tweaks and give you credit for it.

@CLOYO

Жыл бұрын

Hey Olivia, I can recommend using one of GHOST-SPECTRE 's builds. They work very good for the usecase!

Hi there, is there a way not to factory reset the steam deck and keeps the apps, and games while downloading Windows?

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

This guide does not require a reset, but it does require enough free space for Windows.

@mdtahmidurrahman5370

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC Thanks, I will follow the partition SSD video that you made and then install Windows. I think it should work.

@mdtahmidurrahman5370

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC I have followed your video and I am having 2 problems. 1) My wired mouse via the docking station does not work anymore but the touchscreen does. 2) The Steam Deck only boots to Windows and is not like shown in the video. Could you please help? Thanks.

I can't see folder I have created from Windows side at /home/ on SteamOS. What I'm doing wrong?

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

In I.T. impossible to troubleshoot without being able to see the problem, or recreate it. If you created the folder I'd assume you saw the space to create it. So what exactly do you mean you can't see it?

@hiphopha

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC I have create that folder while I’m running Windows. but when I’m back in SteamOS , that folder doesn’t shown.

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

​@@hiphopha It's hidden, but the entire purpose of that folder is for Windows only, just do everything like normal from the Steam OS side, no reason to create folders or change anything.

The SD card did not get formatted to btrfs but my nvme did

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

Format the card again and it should, as long as you enabled all the defaults with the script.

Didn't work unfortunately, I'm stuck at the partition part, it says error: shrink partition. So annoying that I can't get past this part 😢

@StephenA89

Жыл бұрын

Fixed the problem, I did these steps. Shut down steam deck Press power button and down to get to boot mode Boot up from the steam pen drive Then you can partition the ssd

how do I format the SD card to btrfs from the Steam OS side?

@ViciousXUSMC

Жыл бұрын

For me all that was required is after installing the BTRFS conversion simply go to SteamOS game mode and format the card, and it will automatically format to BTRFS because I chose the option to have it automatically do that during the install.

@DurrellRitt

Жыл бұрын

@@ViciousXUSMC yeah I noticed it after posted, this was the best guide I have used in a long time. played COD and xBox game pass from the app so convenient dual boot is working great. Thanks again