How To Dual Boot Steam Deck | SteamOS & Windows 11

[@DeckWizard]

How To Dual Boot Steam Deck | SteamOS & Windows How To Triple/Quad Boot Steam Deck - kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHbTlHWNjZ5-ldE ROG ALLY Gameplay - kzbin.info/aero/PLyBMLk4L2HG5T_KMtxrbsrkcSwDfscyKz -Download- ✅ Rufus - rufus.ie/en/ ✅ SteamOS Recovery Image - help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1b71-edf2-eb6d-2bb3 ✅ Windows 11 - www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11 ✅ Windows Drivers - help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6121-eccd-d643-baa8 -- Credit to Jlobue10 for creating the rEFInd Steam Deck Script! -- ✅Jlobue10 rEFInd GitHub - github.com/jlobue10/SteamDeck_rEFInd -- Credit to Deck Wizard - QA Testing -- ✅Deck Wizard KZbin - www.youtube.com/@DeckWizard -- Credit to BaldSeaLion for creating the Windows Dual Boot Fix! -- ✅ - github.com/jlobue10/SteamDeck_rEFInd/releases/tag/v1.2.0 ✅ - www.youtube.com/@baldsealion ------ TIMESTAMPS------ 00:00 - Introduction 00:33 - Windows Steam Deck 00:42 - What You Need 01:46 - Ch.1 Install Dual Boot GUI 05:15 - Ch.2 Dual Boot GUI Tour 07:54 - About 08:07 - Ch.3 Become Dual Boot Steam Deck 09:30 - Ch.4 KDE Partition Manager 12:29 - Ch.5 Install Windows 14:45 - Ch.6 Windows Drivers 17:58 - Ch.7 Dual Boot Fix 18:47 - Ch.8 Final Thoughts 19:10 - Ending -------------------------------------------------------------- 🎵 Music "remembrance" by ‘kyu’ • remembrance ⭐ dr... 💿 Listen everywhere: ffm.to/kyuremembrance ✅ For more Copyright Free Music visit: youtube.tamamusic.com -------------------------------------------------------------- 🎵 Music "Gundam Café" by ‘ARISU’ • gundam café 🤖 jaz... 💿 Listen everywhere: ffm.to/arisugundam ✅ For more Copyright Free Music visit: youtube.tamamusic.com -------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🔻 "AERØHEAD - Leaving" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license. / aer%c3%98head Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: bit.ly/bkc-leaving 🔺 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🔻 "Alex Productions - Startup" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. creativecommons.org/licenses/... / @alexproductionsn... Music powered by BreakingCopyright: • 🔭 Chill Instrumen... 🔺 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 🔻 "Purrple Cat - Aether" is is under a Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) license. creativecommons.org/licenses/b... / purrplecatmusic Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: • 🐈 Lounge & Lofi (... 🔺 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education, and research. No Games Are Included Or Added ----------------------------------------- #SteamDeck #PCGaming #Steam

[@erikdawkins4565]

Is the Windows experience better now than it used to be? At first people said it was trash. I want to do this to play Madden 24 among other things.

[@laneoneil9365]

@@erikdawkins4565 WinDeckOS is what I have been using and it has been great. The developer has deleted all the bloatware from standard windows making it run pretty lean and also added some QoL changes like the ability to suspend/resume the deck, Auto boot into Steam Big Picture(which is essentially the steam deck GUI) and so forth. It really is pretty cool and its nice that it feels like SteamOS but can play games that only support Windows. I just bought a 2TB ssd and will be dual booting SteamOS(for better Emulation performance) and WinDeck for my Windows only games(looking at you Bungie, make Destiny support Linux pls).

[@nashineworks8318]

im still not really understanding why we need two SD cards. You never really explained why from what it looks like, i really don't need to. Right?

[@VIKRAMKIDZ]

​@@nashineworks8318no u don't u just need something to boot to

[@TheMrxHACKx]

can you re-upload dual boot fix please?

[@bend7726]

IF YOU USE AN EXTERNAL MONITOR PLEASE READ: One thing I feel needs to be mentioned about the REFind boot loader is that it starts to glitch out if you use steam deck with an external monitor. The boot loader will always appear in a glitched portrait view and if you try and boot windows while it's in this glitched state, it causes the graphics driver to crash with a BSOD. Sometimes it will make it to the login screen and then BSOD after you try to login as well. The only way I've found to avoid this is by booting windows without any form of external monitor attached, then plug your monitor in and it works perfectly. I'm unsure if it's an issue with REFind or the graphics driver but keep this in mind if your planning to dual boot.

[@Kagizume]

Heya! Does this only affect Windows or SteamOS too? Can both be bypassed by plugging the monitor after booting the OSs?

[@AlbersonMelo]

I’m getting the glitch even with no external monitors attached. Any idea of what why is it?

[@toastbrot236]

​@@AlbersonMelosame

[@gordonwong4375]

this happend to me. so yes.. WANRIGGGGGRINGGG

[@imstupidbut]

@@gordonwong4375did you fix it

[@ErnestJay88]

Best tutorial so far, easy to understand, now my steamdeck run SteamOS for my steam games and Windows for some PC games that didn't compatible with SteamOS (mostly older PC titles)

[@SexManNordin]

cool pfp 1488

[@kingarthur4123]

Did u get any trouble?

[@Fladfiski]

"Now my steamdeck run SteamOS for my steam games" I dont understand, is the steam deck not shipped with Steam OS?

[@iamarowem]

​​@@Fladfiski He probably meant that he can now dual boot on his Steam Deck, use SteamOS to play games from his Steam Library, and use Windows for old games, as well as games that can't run on SteamOS.

[@hooky17]

Thanks so much for this guide, really comprehensive and well paced. I was reluctant to dual boot my steam deck simply because I didn't like the clunky manual boot selector method. This GUI makes it something I'll probably consider. Thanks

[@wadebloodclaut]

Even more quick and efficient than last time I used this! Amazing stuff as usual my guy 🔥🔥🔥

[@ramrodbldm9876]

My guy lmao cornball

[@LucasWolfeG]

It worked great! Completely flawless and all done in less than an hour. Thank you so much!

[@MajinDome94]

Perfect guide! I upgraded the ssd of my 512gb steam deck to 1tb and made a 60:40 split of it with this method😁 works perfectly fine now I can play a lot of stuff that was a pain before😂

[@0815Cracky]

Nice Guide! Here a helpfull information for Windows, turn off fast startup to avoid problems with dual Boot. (This will not have any performace impact.) 1. Navigate to the Control Panel and select ‘Power Options.’ 2. Choose ‘Choose what the power buttons do.’ 3. Click on ‘Change settings that are currently unavailable.’ 4. Under ‘Shutdown settings,’ uncheck the ‘Turn on fast startup’ box. And reboot Windows.

[@NotTonyJustAnthony]

I think this help me with a weird problem i had when i boot into windows 11 having no audio thru steam deck and having to restart everytime this happen. Thank you.

[@the_emmo]

Amazing guide, it was extremely helpful specially the dual boot and drivers installation. What I ended up doing is cloning my original SSD to my new 1TB SSD using Clonezilla, partitioning the new SSD in half and installing W11 in the fresh partition. This way SteamOS stayed intact without needing to reinstall it and my games from scratch. Also, when trying to do the partition the SteamOS recovery image in an SD card was taking too long to load and was kinda buggy, so I tried with a Kubuntu ISO I already had in an SD and it worked like a charm. Thank you again, you got a new sub!

[@syberkai]

As someone who's never used linux before THIS WAS A BREEZE!!! Thank you so much for making this simple. Now I can vibe and play Destiny 2 wherever I want!

[@lemonwithalime]

How's the performance?

[@RobSanders1985]

Finally got around to doing this. Thanks for the guide. Went flawless.

[@DanYami]

lucky you, for me pretty much EVERYTHING went wrong

[@DashMillerSays]

do i have to remove my games to do this?

[@mystical8144]

Yo how do you do the part where you need to insert the ssd card? My deck just won't recognize it in the boot menu. Do you need to format it first?

[@T56996]

@@mystical8144did you get it figured out?

[@rubdog_sfp9643]

@@mystical8144 the card needs to be formatted for the steam deck to read it

[@defeat586]

brooo your tutorials are so straightforward everything took me like 2 - 3 hrs tysm

[@RPS2443]

Awesome video dude! I upgraded the internal drive, so this was the perfect time. I was a bit nervous that this wouldn't work well, but it's slick and does exactly what it should. Thanks so much for the work you put into this.

[@kingarthur4123]

Did u get any trouble?

[@FelixHöft]

ty for the guide!!! if anybody enters a loop in windows repair. get back to the boot menu select steam os...change update from stable to beta and back to stable...lifesaver ;) hihi from germany

[@ulgrimthemad]

Been using this since you posted the procedure, works great. Occasionally you need to boot directly into steam by locating the efi file and fixing refind (method on the jloebue10 refind page) when a big OS update comes out and breaks the boot, but other than that it's so incredibly easy. Thanks for the great video.

[@sevash4713]

Could you please explain the “Locating the efi file and fixing refind “ step a bit more? I think I just encountered this issue

[@GhostOfRivia25]

Seconded, this just happened to me and I just started this whole process from scratch to fix it, if I know how to do this it'll help in the future

[@ulgrimthemad]

@@sevash4713 Shutoff the steamdeck. Hold down the volume up button and press the power button, then release the volume button when you see the boot menu screen. Select "Boot from File" You'll be presented with some options in the File Explorer, you want what is usually the first one (should start with ESP). Select the 'efi' folder Select the 'boot' folder Select 'bootx64.efi This will get you back into steam. Then you just have to get into desktop mode. According to the jloebue10 site it'll now fix the missing entries once you get back into steam with no need for more commands so that's easier than before at least.

[@ulgrimthemad]

@@GhostOfRivia25 Shutoff the steamdeck. Hold down the volume up button and press the power button, then release the volume button when you see the boot menu screen. Select "Boot from File" You'll be presented with some options in the File Explorer, you want what is usually the first one (should start with ESP). Select the 'efi' folder Select the 'boot' folder Select 'bootx64.efi This will get you back into steam. Then you just have to get into desktop mode. According to the jloebue10 site it'll now fix the missing entries once you get back into steam with no need for more commands so that's easier than before at least.

[@du464]

you dont need to copy line by line, just click the copy button at the top right of the code block the lines are in and then paste directly in terminal

[@StrawHatPapi_]

Next pay check I will be doing this wish me luck

[@ben5637]

Good luck I’m trying rn

[@benteiken8778]

@@ben5637this is me, I just successfully did it

[@StrawHatPapi_]

@@JozieKS update: it worked lol

[@JozieKS]

@@StrawHatPapi_ that’s amazing what size ssd

[@StrawHatPapi_]

@@JozieKS 256 gbs

[@Soljie1969]

Thank you , very detailed installation instructions . I'm all setup and running .

[@Esteban31254]

Great video! Also for those who got the same error as me when getting to choosing the partiton (error "We can't create a new partition or find an existing partition"), you simply need to format it by : 1. Clicking on the partiton where you install windows 2. Clicking the "Format" button 3. Pressing "Yes" 4. You are done! Continue with the tutorial now.

[@nukegames3327]

Thank you so much for this AMAZING tutorial. I personally do not have a steam deck but I am getting one. I hate Linux so this will really help me when I get it. Once again, thank you!

[@rngplayes445]

Hey I just wanted to say thank you this was really helpful and I ez to follow cuz of you I can play cod without having to get a full window system thx 👍

[@lil_weltthomas7118]

Yo thank you so much I couldn't have dual boot without this video

[@sonicdeguzman16]

Best working guide I found for steam deck dual boot. Will definitely recommend viewing this guide. Thanks for your efforts and credits to your sources. 😎👍

[@Vashthefumble]

I've watched this tutorial countless times due to my steam deck windows experiments 😅 and never once has it failed me! Great tutorial I hope I won't have to see it again no offense 😂

[@DeckWizard]

Thanks mate, im glad its been valuable for you! I'll post you a DVD version of it for Christmas 😂

[@vincent.416]

Installing rEFInd didn't work, found another video for that. But the rest did thanks! 4:30 I kept getting errors after pasting the third line.

[@charlescharles8221]

Where u find that part, im stuck with errors also after the third line

[@dubstepiplier8975]

huge thanks to this video i've been able to dual booth my steam deck with no problem! thank you so much!

[@replaymikey953]

This comment originally said the tutorial was cap. But when I used Rufus instead of the steam decks iso flashers, it worked.

[@THEPURIST2]

thanks for this tutorial, really helped me to smoothly install win11 on my deck!

[@streats1]

This one is way easier then the last couple! Even better!

[@kovalev1996]

Thank you so much, DeckWizard, everything worked!

[@rpgs6218]

By far the best tutoial ive seen. Ima doing this when i get my new 2 tb ssd

[@DeckWizard]

Thank you! 2TB would be very good for Dual Boot on the Steam Deck, I'd like to do this myself very soon too!

[@rpgs6218]

​​@@DeckWizardthese new games are just too big nowadays. I got the 2tb ssd yesterday, just waiting for the tools i need. I also got a 1tb sd card. So hopefully 3 tb will be enough

[@rpgs6218]

I did end up doing it

[@DeckWizard]

How did it go? 😊

[@ulissesjunior5280]

Interesting. Did mine earlier this year and the whole process got a lot more streamlined. Just got my deck back from RMA, so I'll probably try it again. Never really used windows on it, but it's nice to have it in case a new game comes out with better performance there

[@dubrait1]

Thank you! Followed your video and it's working great!

[@gprivat2206]

thanks deck wizard, this tutorial make my day easier

[@snappy2725]

Everything went fine installing dual boot menu. Picked my background and icons, but when I restart just as you say to do after finsihing the icons setup, there is no dual boot options. It just goes straight to steamos. Help?

[@otyoty02]

it worked great for me, but now, there is a problem. Refeind boot always intoWindows. Even when i select Steamos. I have to use the Bootmenu to boot into steamos. Houw can i fix this?.Re instell Refind didnt worked

[@Zatariz]

Thanks for this, when in last step, I get a message in CMD saying "The set command specified is not valid" "The parameter is incorrect"

[@vitrinerdc1960]

Wonderful tuto, you made everything easy

[@eagle-_-eyevansan4165]

took me longer then my last relationship to load but ayy it worked!

[@SpongeVizio]

Very detailed and helpful guide, thank you.

[@Apollyon.777]

Is it possible to install windows on the microsd without having to make a partition on the internal drive?

[@Cha0s13erry]

Thabk you for this guide, I have successfully done everything in this vid. Only problem right now is that my windows's bluetooth doesnt seem to be working Edit: I got my bluetooth working

[@yeahbuddy1494]

aaaaaaaaaaaah finally - i was following the last couple until i stumbled across this one - your a god send, thank you....One thing i do notice though, is whenever i boot into Batacera (sd card) and shut down and then boot back, it bypasses the loader and boots stright to windows, but when im in windows or steamos it works everytime.

[@mafi288]

when I run the dual Boot fix I get the message "wrong parameter" im not very firm with powershell syntax please help

[@novavulpe8427]

i had an issue were it didnt ask me if i wanted a desktop shortcut icon and i couldnt find the program in order to set it up the dual boot options. and searching through every file i couldn't find anything that was even close to the application. i copied the four lines exactly but it didnt work out like yours is there some way to fix it?

[@Morande23]

Same, any update?

[@krispykleen3404]

Same

[@b1xxkk77]

@DeckWizard Not sure if you'll see this, but had a question before trying this out. Does this require a full system reset or does that even matter? Just wondering if the process will have any impact on game(s) progress at all? Definitely earned a sub though!

[@Fums0888]

Fantastic, thank you! Works like a charm

[@miykle7493]

I’m having issues w step 1 of course. I’m doing everything as far as I can tell in the video but when I run the fourth line and put in my password after a few seconds of loading it just gives me a “gui compile failed” and I’m unsure how to fix it

[@DirtyRaymond95]

i have the same issue! PLEASE NEED HELP!

[@jakegreenfield8551]

could may as well just be on my end but i keep getting a error although it says its installed and the application doesnt pop up on my desktop so i cant access it maybe something patched it? running Steam OS 3.5.7 i believe

[@ELIE_FPS]

This guide was great and really appreciated as I'm awaiting my new steam deck to arrive! One quick question I have is for example destiny 2 needs the Windows OS for anticheat , and in the video I saw the game under your steam OS in recent games. Does that mean that once installed on steam via windows I can just boot the game via the Linux steam OS? Or am i missing something?

[@DeckWizard]

No it just appears there due to being accessed on Windows, Destiny 2 will never work on Linux.

[@allhandsonsteamdeck1440]

Love your tutorials

[@javanloadholtz8351]

After doing the recent steam OS update my deck only boots into windows. I tried re running the boot fix again but it said the parameters were incorrect. Please help

[@ПетрПетрович-д4ц]

+1

[@sevash4713]

Facing the same issue now as well ugh

[@СанитарДурки-д1ж]

Same

[@redline7496]

Did you solve it?

[@Bearrden]

You are a wizard! Holding the down and pressing ONCE! thats the trick!

[@assassinwolf7216]

I do not understand why this will not work for me, but when I try and boot from the SD card it just sits on the Deck logo, and when I try to go into the partition manager the Ext4 drive is padlocked. Ideas? Edit: I figured it out! The issue was that I was using an out-of-date Steam recover file, and for some reason my Deck did not like using an SD card. Once I combined the latest recovery file and a USB 3.0 flash drive, I was finally able to get it to work. This was a really fun project, and your tutorial was fantastic, thanks so much for sharing this.

[@ZNP25]

I used his link to get the recovery file. How do I know if it’s outdated? Because I’m just sitting at the deck loading screen as well.

[@yannick9208]

5:08 I never got that question about the desktop shortcut, now i don't have the ''Refind Gui'' file that you have on your desktop, is there a way to get it?

[@krispykleen3404]

Bro same. Do u remember how u fixed?

[@yannick9208]

@@krispykleen3404 Nope, unfortunately not. Still looking for an answer because i have decided i no longer want Windows on my Steam Deck.

[@AlessandroGasperi]

Thank u! It works perfectly! Do I have to do something special with the new Bios 3.5 update? Can I install it without any problem or do I risk that the dual boot doesn’t work?

[@cyee122]

I lost the option to boot to SteamOS after attempting to install 3.5 preview. It is only booting to Windows 11. Is there a way to access the boot menu from the Windows side to re-add the boot utility?

[@user-hh4hc2lt6e]

Problems like these make me not wanna do this … i want windows tho

[@933607100]

Thank you so much it’s very helpful ❤ God bless you

[@ShermanHempler]

I am having a bit of a hard time understanding the "recovery USB". Is this something that I should have prepared beforehand, or is this just an empty USB drive that we will be writing onto?

[@ZNP25]

Same. I wish they would answer this.

[@yuunohand]

I believe its the steamOS recovery file USB

[@zeelong1589]

New sub here! Awesome job explaining 👏

[@samcraven-zj5rh]

Hi - Awesome video :) - Just a quick question, would this process work if i decided to use a external SSD as the partition rather than internal storage? thanks in advance :)

[@TheLunchboxGuy]

Great video. I'm planning on attempting this tonight. I have some questions I'm curious about. Is there a reason you modified the partition from the steamos recovery card? Also, is there any performance impact to running windows games off the SD card while windows OS is on the internal drive?

[@solitonmedic]

You can't use KDE Parition Manager while you're using Steam OS itself, as the disk is in use. To fix that, you need to boot Steam OS from the recovery card to open up your disk, and make changes.

[@TheLunchboxGuy]

@@solitonmedic thanks makes sense and I successfully got dual boot to work. But haven't setup this GUI yet.

[@sergiosarmiento4233]

Silly question, but have to ask: Can this be done with an external removable drive? I have a Jsaux m.2 dock and want to use windows when I dock my deck.

[@nifargo14rules]

As far as I know, Windows is not able to be installed in external media. It requires a device to be installed on since Windows wants direct access to the Mobo and not through USB. I also wanted to make a Windows USB for various things but Windows doesn't like that. Another reason why we need videos like this bc Windows can be just a pain whereas you can install Linux on a rock if you really wanted too. Lol

[@933607100]

Thank you so much it’s very helpful God bless you

[@DaGuppy]

Is there a way to edit the amount if storage for each os afterwards? Is it just the same process? Sorry if u explained it but rn i cant look through the whole video bc wifi is down.

[@SanderKoop1]

An then a SteamOS update breaks everything. Damn.

[@AliBushaala]

Lovely Video. Thank you! Though I watched your old video of dual boot first but I couldn't make it to work after last steps where I changed the Microsoft rename into Deck and started only seeing Steam OS to boot. Do I have to redo all the steps of the old video before starting this one? Or I can just simply go with this installation guide and it will overwrite my old attempt and steps? Thanks again I just found out about your channel and I see very valuable and useful videos. Much appreciated.

[@onlyskramz]

Greetings! I came here from Cryobyte’s channel after seeing your footage in his recent vid. I had a question regarding dual booting, as I’m interested in doing do. My question is, can I do this by just freeing up some space on my internal 1tb SSD to make room for the Windows partition, or do you recommend reformatting the internal drive entirely then proceeding with the dual boot install? I really don’t want to go in and reinstall CryoUtilities and everything else that took forever to set up again. 😭

[@OwlDusty]

Something I'm a bit confused about. What do I install on the usb and what do I install on the micro SD.

[@KingTonReal]

Good tutorial :). Only flawess was my own haha

[@Yems1]

Does this method preserve data that might already be on the steam deck? like games and stuff?

[@TheRedDevil-7-]

+1

[@SanderKoop1]

Trying to reinstall reFind GUI and it fails. 404, not found on most of the components?

[@ucky9226]

Alright but is this battery life is good enough on windows ? Did you try the battery life on Destiny 2, Fortnite or Valorant ?

[@nastycrimeboi]

Thank you so so much for this amazing guide! It all went very smooth and I've been switching between Windows and Steam OS quite a bit for testing and it all is working just the way I wanted it to work. I had some small troubles here and there but nothing major and I'm really happy with the results all thanks to you and the programmers! huge shoutout❤

[@m4kkiu374]

May I ask how did you do it? I mean, after following the video, I can only boot onto Windows. My SteamOS seems to be broken. It get stuck on the SteamOS logo.

[@user-hh4hc2lt6e]

@@m4kkiu374did u fix it ? I’ve been wanting to dual boot but scared and was thinking i should reimage the deck to another drive before, just in case it gets messed up

[@m4kkiu374]

@@user-hh4hc2lt6e I did fixed it. Althought, I used another tutorial and another dual boot setup. I used Clover instead. Also, I took Windows 10, because I heard that some Windows updates could screw it up sometime (not sure if it's true, but I did anyway). I assumed there would be less system/critical updates on windows 10 compared to 11. I used this tutorial first : kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKDci2VtjtCYnq8 to install Windows on a second partition. Once it's done, the two OS are only accessible from the Boot menu of the deck (Vol- and Power) Once the two OS are installed, I used this tutorial for Clover : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2KVc6ptfLKkgKs Do you have a lot of things installed on your deck right now? Just so you know, except for loosing Data, it is almost impossible to completly broke the steam deck software wise. Worst case scenario would be starting all over.

[@reuben2870]

How do I launch the dualboot gui for the first time if the shortcut didn't show up?

[@HongSiewWai]

Hi, thanks for great video. This is the most complete and easiest way to follow video that i have ever found. Before I proceed, I want to ask a few questions. I have a 2 TB ssd installed on my Steam Deck OLED, can I create extra 2 partitions in KDE partition manager instead? 1 is for windows 11 (60gb), the other 1 is for storage (1tb exFAT). The reason why is so that I can access the storage partition in both OS and share the storage. Was wondering if its possible?

[@davestopa999]

Hey tech savvy people, I need some help, I followed this whole process until the point where I created the dual boot mode and when booting recovery mode I first tried booting from a USB 2.0 drive where I put the ISO using Rufus, but after more than 90 minutes it kept showing the steam deck logo so I thought the issue was with the 2.0 drive and switched to a micro SD card that I rufus'd the same way but this time it's been stuck on the same steam deck logo for over 20 mins. Anuñy help/suggestions will be very appreciated.

[@ayanokoji556]

Which is best to run for steamdeck windows 10 .. Sandisk extreme 512 A2 or samsung Evo plus 512 A2... Ples tell..bro

[@paolo705]

I have no mouse control once on the recovery system from usb, only touch screen, so I can't left click, I can't connect anything else as I don't have any dongle, neither bluetooth mouse/keyboard. I try opening steam but it does nothing, any idea on how to fix? I see everyone's mouse works just fine on the trackpad... thanks.

[@Pedro-do-Canada]

This was really helpful - thanks! Though I wasn't able to boot into the Steam OS recovery image using a micro SD card as shown in the video. I kept getting stuck on the Steam Deck boot logo even with different micro SD cards, and I tried using both Rufus and etcher to flash the image (Windows 11 pc). The solution for me was getting a USB 3.0 stick from Amazon and connecting it the dock instead. Also, I think that the "What You Need" section in the beginning of the video could have used a bit more clarity. Only one USB stick or micro SD card is in fact needed, not two - since you can flash the Steam OS recovery, use it for partitioning the SSD, then flash the Windows installer onto the same drive and use it a second time.

[@shimobits]

i have a usb-c stick with a sd card reader and it still isnt working

[@Pedro-do-Canada]

@@shimobits try using a USB drive instead of a micro SD card

[@shimobits]

i tried and its still just booting to steam os. i used rufus to install the steam recovery, is that what you do @@Pedro-do-Canada

[@KarimJovian]

This wouldn’t work for OLED? Is it possible for an updated video? Yours is the best in terms of clarity and pace

[@DeckWizard]

This tutorial is best for the LCD, Stay tuned for a new tutorial for the OLED!

[@lioncrab88]

Eagerly awaiting this as well

[@kpglo]

@@DeckWizardDROP IT ASAP WE NEED IT

[@Biast12]

@@kpglo ​@lioncrab88 @DeckWizard this guide works on OLED too, just did it with mine today

[@Biast12]

@@kpglo this guide works on OLED too, just did it with mine today

[@adro3828]

What control setup did you use? SWICD, Glossi or Steam Deck Tools?

[@DeckWizard]

GlosC and Steam

[@brainpaingaming]

Great video, so do you not get unregistered version of windows message?

[@sparkyboi4387]

It worked almost flawlessly! One problem though, i can't seem to connect my bluetooth keyboard on Windows, no matter how many times i run the bluetooth driver

[@Mimam93]

Thanks a lot for your help, i was tried many tutos but anyone help me. It's hard to understand everything (i prefer tuto on native language "french") lol.thanks bro !!!

[@AH-hm2mq]

I tried doing this on the oled but the recovery os didnt load affer 20 mins can you make a new guide for the oled?

[@SnipesEN]

Should I clear out my storage before doing this?

[@Antondepadua]

Planning to do this once I get my 512gb SD OLED. I just have a few questions: 1.) KDE Partition manager - I should see a maximum size closer to 512gb here, right? And the sizes I allocate here will be the respective storage for both operating systems, meaning if I assign around 250gb each, windows will have 250gb to install programs, and steamOS will get the same for its set of programs. Is that right? 2.) Will it be safe to update steamOS through settings while dual booted? How about updating windows? Thank you!

[@esppiral]

After following the tutorial I get stuck on the dualboot screen, if I select Seam OS it will reboot to the bootscreen again if I select Windows it will crash, Lucky me... Is there a way to uninstall the dualboot screen?

[@JaclkMurphy]

Heyyy ahhh I’m having trouble right off the bat. My Linux still are lacking which is why I want windows on there too. Jlobue10 didn’t install correctly and failed. I am unsure what to do, and I’m afraid to close the konsole… suggestions?

[@bryanthompson1435]

Excellent guide!

[@bluebee2407]

hey was wondering if anyone can help every time i turn my deck on after dual booting it will disconnect the internet and change the time also doesn't save decky plugins and sudo password

[@UminokoBenchmark]

At 1:08, we can see that the steam icon is different on both SD (one with a processor icon and the other without). I have finished the tutorial but i have the one with the processor icon. How can i remove this please? Thank you

[@93SupaFly]

for some reason mine does'nt ask for press Y/N after the 4th command line. so there were no shortcut on desktop. help? edit : i dont know how but it kinda work? i cant access the refind gui to make those adjustment but now my steam deck does have dual os. and everytime i turn on or restart yes it leads me to the os selection page. lol

[@sevash4713]

Amazing walkthrough, thank you so much for the video! I followed Balsealion guide to complete the Windows setup as well. However, now I am experiencing an issue with Game Pass games. Most of them are crashing at the launch screen. I have gathered a lot of info stating that upgrading from Windows 10 to 11 helps drastically with this issue. Can I upgrade my installed Windows 10 to 11 without any issues?

[@MrDamyX1X]

Thank you so much, i have instal w10 custom on my steam deck

[@direhavok8732]

I followed your setup for DualBoot install from 8-12 months ago, since then alot has changed. I.E. Steam OS is newer as well as this DualBoot setup process. My question is can I update SteamOS without effecting DualBoot, and can I update(if there is) files associated with the DualBoot process, such as rEFind GUI(don't currently have)

[@countless-640]

any answers on this? 😊

[@justjason2912]

Also want to know the same thing. Im considering just starting fresh but i will end of losing saved data for some games.

[@nifargo14rules]

Also curious. I've been thinking of wiping my deck since it'll give me some random issues but I have some emulated games and some non-steam games that I will lose, which is undesirable.

[@DanieleAzzato]

It works perfect thank youuu 🎉🎉🎉

[@suplex3067]

Any news on steam deck oled dual boot? They claim you can’t do it on the oled version, is there a way to do it safely?

[@MaxHarden]

I can’t get past Windows setup, “Let’s connect you to a network”. The next button is greyed out and there are not networks or X’s or anyway back or out of this screen!

[@yuhyuh8643]

Shift + F10 Type: oobe\bypassnro Press enter That should restart the install and let you skip the step

[@Phoenix0896]

All went fine with this right up until running the dual boot fix and restarting. When I select Steam OS, it just sits at the logo and doesn’t load Steam OS. Any suggestions brother?

[@wizard4599]

I have the same issue. No fix yet. Please let me know if you find a solution.

[@BeraEngMec297]

I'm having the same issue, right now. Trying to boot into Steam os, but stucked at Steam logo.