How to Dual Boot the Steam Deck with Clover (Full Process, Single Drive, No SD!)

[@tonysimek]

Your delivery pace and cadence are excellent and you have a great way of sharing!! Man I love this channel.

[@MikeTheTech]

Thank you so much for the comment and positivity!

[@10MinuteSteamDeckGamer]

Hi there clover script creator here! Very nice video thanks for making a tutorial for it. Btw i pushed several updates since this video was published and one cool feature i added is the ability to customize the BGRT logo. Check it out if you haven't already.

[@MikeTheTech]

Thanks for the heads up! I’ll check it out and see about making an update asap. Thanks for the comment and software!

[@AboutThatTho]

Best video I've seen on dual booting the Steam deck. Perfectly executed and straight to the point. Thank you for this.

[@ashfletcher2788]

only 3k views on this vid is crazy!, by far the best video on how to duel boot, Thanks so much man!

[@MikeTheTech]

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for the positivity and support. :)

[@davidd8849]

I never leave comments on any videos but I've tried at least 5 other tutorials and failed every time until seeing your video. Thanks so much!

[@hooky17]

Thanks for this guide. Really useful. Bit of a tip. If you install windows as English (World) in the region / currency select it will actually install without all the bloatware software. Trimming down the install a bit. You can change the region in the OS after in order to access the store etc

[@MikeTheTech]

Nice tip, thanks!

[@mrmafioso4090]

My screen starts flickering after I try nd go into windows now in happened right after I was updating windows it asked me to restart nd it was over after that I never got back in any ideas?

[@bobbyhill5067]

Just a update, do not do NTFS on properties when partitioning, just leave it as unallocated, apply and go forth with the rest, if you do NTFS in the properties for the unallocated space will not let Windows install the OS onto that drive

[@Drexdor]

and if you didnt see this comment first just delete the partition in the windows installer

[@omarelsayed7577]

So what should we choose?

[@bobbyhill5067]

@@Drexdor this too, you can delete the partition in the windows install management part of Windows 11 and then the unallocated space is still there after "deleting"

[@bobbyhill5067]

@@omarelsayed7577 any option you like to do, but after you install windows, go search "10minuteSteamDeckGamer" and do the steps for fixing Windows 11 24H2 update and SteamOS fix right after (if you already installed SteamOS and then Windows, and you try to go back to SteamOS but its a GUI boot error, DO NOT START OVER, YOU DO NOT NEED TO!)

[@enzokim946]

@@bobbyhill5067 you seen like you got this working... It says my driver ztsd is corrupted. Can you help?

[@Phlegeta]

This was so helpful, the SD card dual-booting is such an awful idea to do so you might as well take the extra time to do this and just get it over with.

[@ashmasterson314]

HUGE shoutout to you, sir! Thank you so much! I was having such a hard time with this! Great tutorial!

[@JerryTNF]

This was a great video. I had to reimage my steam deck since my dual boot broke based on someone else video. This was perfect and no issue with windows updates. Thanks!

[@MikeTheTech]

Glad it helped!

[@Jadisons]

This is the only video guide that worked for me, thank you! I don't know how often I'll use Windows on my Deck, but my favorite part about owning tech is having options for doing different things, especially gaming. This process was quick and simple!

[@AveryMusings]

A year on and this method still works, the only tutorial that worked, thank you so much!

[@Manixed]

Way better than sd card as sd cards have a limited amout of reads and writes Worth the time and subscribed

[@beesod6412]

You are a beautiful human, A true humanitarian, thank you for this!

[@MikeTheTech]

I appreciate it! Glad you found it useful!

[@marcio1745]

You, sir, are a legend. THANK YOU. Liked, subscribed, favorited... full combo.

[@MikeTheTech]

Thanks for everything! You rock!

[@mr.bigmangames]

@mikethetech I have SteamOS and Efi partition in boot menu, no USB boot device to load in steamOS preinstall. How do i get USB device in list?

[@Paladin.selune]

Usb must be formated fat32 or ntfi

[@DrazenKlisuric]

So just like on normal PC (desktop or laptop) - there's no any difference as far as I can see.

[@sagam12]

Thanks a lot, really works and saved me a whole lot of time with your instructions! Well recommended!

[@MikeTheTech]

Great to hear!

[@Mtg2]

thats the most fire outro ive ever seen for a tech video

[@MikeTheTech]

Haha. Thank you! I've got the whole song (and extended one with gaming clips and stuff) on the channel too. @eme7 did a great job on that track.

[@spooks73]

Great guide for the dual booting and installation of windows onto the steam deck. I may be a little late to the party with the thanks but great work and thanks. 👍👍👍

[@eddieavorkliya3683]

Thank You! Every other tutorial I've tried have always failed!

[@senpailonestarr2787]

Sooooooooo freaking easy clear straight forward. I love it!!!!!’

[@VegitoBlackityBlack]

Yeah & the Rick and Morty theme is cool, too

[@ReidFresco01]

You deserve a lot of subscriber. Thank you!!

[@JoepJackson]

This video was dope thanks for the help bruv and clover is awesome for switching between os

[@Teddingtin]

Follow this guide but when I go into boot loader it only shows windows. No way to go back to steamOS.

[@fireflytrader5259]

Exactly same problem pls help how to fix it

[@EDW4RD249]

This worked perfect, thanks!

[@MikeTheTech]

Great to hear!

[@TheZmaxer]

Thank you for GUIDE its WORK and EASY!

[@MikeTheTech]

Glad it helped!

[@carlosromero8320]

Great step by step video !! Was super helpful. I was finally at the last step after installing windows i was ready to install clover to dual boot but once it was time to open the boot menu and select steam os, ONLY windows appears for me im not sure why steam Os disappeared or what i couldve done… im debating on erasing the whole steam deck again and starting over but i wanted to see if its a easy fix without me starting over or ? Thank you for your time and help !

[@samrose9675]

did you ever solve steamOS disappearing?

[@dwovowb97]

@@samrose9675 @carlosromero8320 Same issue with me, let me know if it got fixed

[@fbgh80]

same problem here. seems only w11 were installed

[@sherlockhomes9919]

Update?

[@KillUInDaKitchen]

Welp

[@SPSMagic]

I have seen on reddit that when a new steam os comes out, some people have had there entire windows install wiped... what are your thoughts on this? Have you had any issues similar to this? Would you recommend this method vs booting windows from an external SSD?

[@james-rr4dw]

You can always run a script again and fix it. You don't loose anything. And its only when steam releases BIOS firmware updates. Its not all updates..

[@10MinuteSteamDeckGamer]

Hi there clover script creator here. when that happens just manually boot to SteamOS using volup+power, boot from file, esp > efi > steamos > steamcl.efi After that the script will automatically fix the dual boot no further action needed. Once you reboot it will go back to the Clover screen.

[@kotzak1996]

i did that because of the windows problem, and im getting black screen@@10MinuteSteamDeckGamer

[@sherlockhomes9919]

Still an issue?

[@christiananaks16]

The keyboard don’t work in desktop mode unless you’re signed in on steam game mode !! You can bring it up by selecting a text field and press-> steam + X button

[@Haddon70]

Thanks mate finally a non bullshit guide 😂👍🏻

[@MikeTheTech]

lol. 🫡 I appreciate the comment!

[@y0Relapse]

Great video and easy to follow thanks 🙏🏾

[@MikeTheTech]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Slurpee99]

This would be a great video until i read the comments saying they encounter a lot of issues

[@xnyte]

Haven’t had any issues so far and it’s been about 5 months

[@jonbrito3856]

Flawless. Thank you!

[@MikeTheTech]

Glad it was helpful!

[@meatdraw]

For the Windows set up I'm getting "we couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one". I've verified I formatted a portion (200GB) to NTFS. Also deleted then format the partition from within the windows installer. any suggestions?

[@riobartes1917]

very nice video, great teaching

[@MikeTheTech]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@basementdweller2830]

Windows 11 Steam big picture mode, i got no wifi. Help.

[@seibyianmcbride6855]

I used this method and got windows installed fine…however, after leaving my deck overnight to finish installs steam os would not boot…long story short I have two steam boot options and now can’t access windows..which is still installed..please help if possible

Same here.

[@bL33ds]

Thanks for this

[@MikeTheTech]

Happy to help!

[@bilgennyk9079]

great guide. thanks!!

[@xushi-v2j]

Hi I have oled and after I install windows 11 audio and WiFi are not working so how you fix that?

[@michaelwilson6985]

i made a new partion on the ssd and went to install windows on my steam deck and it says that it can create or find an exisiting partion but i see where i made the new one in the list above to choose from. any idea on what to do?

[@K-RFURY.ELETRONICA]

Hello friend, I changed my SSD but I can't install steamOS.

[@ACE-X-GAMING]

Just did this! Thank you so much for showing us how to do this! I reset my steam deck to do this too 😂

[@Orgamorsh]

Thank you so much for this

[@MikeTheTech]

Glad you liked it!

[@Klassikhuhn]

I did everything as shown in your video and i ran into a couple problems.: I couldn't finish the Windows installation, because the drivers for wlan were missing SteamOS disappeared from the Boot menu. Luckily i got everything back to normal without losing my data. Any idea what i do wrong?

[@cole3891]

Great vid very helpful thanks

[@DisturbedM86]

Any ideas why windows was working the first time I did this (day ago) but now I get bluescreen when trying to boot into it using clover? SteamOS works fine, the error is "Inaccessible boot drive" and it's on my SSD

[@MikeTheTech]

Steam updates can often break dual boot installs.

[@gameskitz]

Why is it that when I boot up the windows setup, it says that it cant locate any drives for the installation media when I did everything right? Can somebody help?

[@TheFailedTrio]

Valve hasn’t updated the drivers for the steam deck oled

[@gameskitz]

@@TheFailedTrio oh okay

[@ryantheradical]

@@gameskitzyou have OLED model?

[@gameskitz]

@@ryantheradical yeah

[@gandalfthegreet]

helped so much i was so stuck had to do it like 3 times for windows to finaly work , also Is there any chance you could upload the Rick and Morty theme? I can't seem to find it anywhere

[@Kephren_Flo]

Hello, in KDE they said no valid partition table was found. What do I do ? Create one ?

[@setsamidori8666]

Thanks for the guide, can i use windows ghost specter instead of normal win 11?

[@nholan_etoile_tv]

Nice video ! Keep going 😁

[@MikeTheTech]

Thanks 😁

[@Goryglory0209]

This video was like smooth criminal.

[@cheewan1480]

Thank you so much for this

[@kayzerjonas]

PLEASE HELP: After plugging in the USB and starting the process, a black screen remains after 5-6 minutes. Despite waiting for a long time, nothing happens. The mouse cursor moves, but I don't encounter a screen like yours. What should I do in this situation?

[@nottrevorallen]

for me this was an issue with the specific usb drive i was using, switching to a different usb stick fixed it for me

[@helloimuzumakikira1]

@@nottrevorallen I am stuck in the black screen rn. Did u wait for things to install or did u just turn off the steam deck and then restart the process?

[@nottrevorallen]

@@helloimuzumakikira1 you should be fine to just hold down power if you havent already. if you dont have another usb, try using partition manger in windows to make the usb less than 32 gb. seems like being above 32 makes steams installer act weird

[@helloimuzumakikira1]

@@nottrevorallen I am stuck on window 11 WiFi screen. It doesn't even detect a WiFi

[@nottrevorallen]

@@helloimuzumakikira1 my advice ends here my friend, this was not an issue i experienced

[@cee2402]

Not that I want to but is there a way to undo the partition and get back the full amount of storage for SteamOS if u want remove Windows?

[@fabbenation]

Does this work on OLED now that the windows drivers for OLED are out? Thanks!

[@MikeTheTech]

Unfortunately I don’t have an OLED model to test on. My apologies. Not sure.

[@fabbenation]

@@MikeTheTech Thanks boss, i just tried this and it definitely works on the OLED aswell :)

[@christianbuxton1113]

Great video thank you

[@louieAKP]

THANK YOU!

[@MayusComfyCorner]

5:39 it is stuck ar 11 percent for me, on "1/2 Running: Shrink partition" on the resize file system bla :( what shall i do? edit: it was stuck at 11% and went instant to 100% with a runtime of 35:12 mins :D so if anyone else has this problem: just wait :) i had an ssd, hdd might take longer

[@EDW4RD249]

Yes, the same here

[@MayusComfyCorner]

@@EDW4RD249 okay i figured out that u ju8st gotta wait patiently! it turns to 100% after like an hour :)

[@martingru]

Tnx for that m8 i was actually starting to worry but worked out eventually .

[@esteveepa]

Do you think i can install windows on my internal disk (64 gb)? i will install all my games in external sd cards btw

[@EDW4RD249]

Question: How can I share the sd card between steamos and windows? And, can it be done without losing the current data in the sd card?

[@glocklesnar9559]

Hey brother I did this a while back and accidentally forgot my password for KDE partition manager and I can’t reallocate the space, is there any way around this please help

[@sammysam9560]

If we want to use the whole drive for windows. Do we skip the steam os kde partition steps?

[@MMarinich]

Thanks for a great guide! But I do have a few problems with Windows. For starters the sound doesn't work; do you have any idea what may be the cause of it and how to fix it? Another problem I have is with some video stuff; for example some game won't run when I use GeForce Now to run it. Reporting deferent problems. Any help is appreciated. Thank again for the guild.

[@MikeTheTech]

Did you install the drivers?

[@MMarinich]

@@MikeTheTech First of all thanks for the fast response I really appreciate that. Second; I did install the drivers, but by mistake I installed the OLED ones instead of the LCD ones. So problem solved there. Third; I ran into another problem. The Valorant anti-cheat need Secure Boot to be enabled in order to run. I checked the System Info and the secure boot state is off. I tried Enabling it in the BIOS but I can't seem to find it. I did some searching and a lot of people are saying there is no Secure Boot on the Steam Deck, because Valve disabled it since there is no need for it to run Steam OS. Is that true? Or is there another way to fix this problem and run Valorant? Thank again!

[@MrRickalba]

Great video! Quick question, wouldn’t it be better to have a storage petition where shared games are saved, so if you need by any reason to reset the steamOS or Windows the games are untouched?

[@MikeTheTech]

Solid idea! Haven’t tried it yet. Will investigate and make a video!

[@MetalGear78]

does this ever break after a software updare

[@SHMlKE]

Can I put windows on a micro SD card that I freely remove and re insert for just call of duty?

[@emanndaman8315]

Do you have a steam deck oled? I saw a video of someone using the lcd windows audio driver and actually got it to play sound, but no instructions

[@MikeTheTech]

No, this is the original Steam Deck.

[@senpailonestarr2787]

How can we get custom themes? By the way I didn’t have a Rick and Morty options so I went with gothic.

[@cole3891]

Yeh me too 😢

[@Zatariz]

Thanks

[@MikeTheTech]

Glad it helped you out!

[@Paladin.selune]

The only tut that didnt brick my system

[@Sohyx]

steam deck error: "faild to mount ' /dev/disk/by-partsets/self/rootfs' on real root you are now being dropped into an emergency shell. sh: cant access tty; job control tuned off" can anybody please give me any kind of help

[@ratuldey7926]

Now that steam deck oled can support dual boot, can i use this same method??

[@WorldsWorstGamer.69]

question, everything was going great until the restart after windows install when it restarted to install drivers, it hung up on the steam deck logo and been like that for around 10 mins now not showing progress for anything i restarted to try to go into bios and same thing stuck on the steam deck logo. is this normal just takes awhile to boot for the first time. P.S i already had clover installed and set up running windows from a micro SD card

[@Castlemaster.]

same thing happened on my end, is why i ended up reimaging my steamos deleting everything and started from scratch totally wasting my time.

[@ricksanchezbr0038]

thank you soo much.

[@The_Kitty_Games]

Is there any chance this could brick the steam deck?

[@emanndaman8315]

How do I repartition my drive to revert from Windows back to only SteamOs?

[@estebanod]

Let’s say I want more space on my windows partition later, can I then decrease the game partition and increase the windows partition, without having to reformat everything and flash windows again?

[@MikeTheTech]

Yup! In safe mode.

[@estebanod]

​@@MikeTheTechThanks, Imma do that then!

[@estebanod]

Well SteamOS doesn’t appear anymore in my boot manager... Edit: i fixed it

[@ProgressAka]

@@estebanodhow did you fix it

[@terlanmemmedzade4058]

You have 2 same video about this theme. First video you tell download steam os, show rufus and etc. But second not rufus not steam os download. Just put usb and install windows on other part of hdd

[@dorime-p4b]

Hey, im stuck at the windows installation part that needs me to connect to a network and continue. My wifi aren't showing up and i dont have an ethernet cable that can plug into the steamdeck. is there a fix to this?

[@dorime-p4b]

Oh i realised the problem is tthat my steam deck is the OLED version. They dont have drivers for the OLED versions yet.

[@jasonevans2015]

@@dorime-p4b So, we can dual boot on OLED yet?

[@ayanokoji556]

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

[@wulf2863]

Don't run windows on SD card, run on ssd

[@transantichrist6719]

I’m so frustrated LOL. I have a 128GB usb and when I go to partition on the deck, I can’t move anything. I also have 2 unallocated parts not 1. So I tried to partition both but I can’t move them. Even in safe mode. Then I try to install windows and it says none of the selections are NTFS or they’re too small GB. I don’t see anything I’ve created 😭 I’ve been doing this for literally 7 hours I kid you not.

[@MikeTheTech]

Are you trying to partition the usb drive? It needs to be the main drive.

[@transantichrist6719]

@@MikeTheTechI was actually able to get it to work but unfortunately when trying to dual boot, everytime I entered boot mode, SteamOs was completely gone, couldn’t do anything but go into windows so I have to restart another time 😭

[@emanndaman8315]

So i feel i over allocated my windows drive. Can i reallocate less without having to restart the process?

[@emanndaman8315]

I was able to do this successfully. I had to shred the storage in kde partition and luckily it worked

[@high-fr4zp]

How can we switch to Steam and windows operating systems? I want to know how to switch from Steam os to windows. And how do windows switch to Stame os?

[@MikeTheTech]

Just restart like in the video.

[@iamxndr2075]

When I switch back to SteamOS after setting up Windows 11 I now just get sent to a GNU GRUB 2.06 menu and can’t open SteamOS. Can anyone help? I really hope I don’t have to start this whole process over again

[@unlucky1752]

Same here and he’s not responding to a lot of people. 🙄

[@waltermontoyaoviedo8115]

I got the same issue here

[@faisazhardjohari1952]

hey, nice video, but can you help me i got error code 0x8007000d while installing the windows, is there’s any suggestion or tips?

[@MikeTheTech]

Corrupt file. I'd download Windows again.

[@gnobudygnows]

Been at 11% on kde partition for 30 mins 😅 is this normal?

[@LegendRockPlot]

I am gonna try this I think

[@up2sum152]

I followed all the steps and after installing windows on the new partition I went back into the boot menu and steam os was not there

[@dwovowb97]

same issue with me let me know if you fixed it

[@ReptilianBoomer]

Ive literally been stuck on a blackscreen with a mouse pointer for hours, I have re-downloaded and reflashed Flashdrive multiple times and nothing

[@jepetoangel1679]

i have the same issue did you manage to repair it

[@ReptilianBoomer]

@@jepetoangel1679 My usb flash drive simply never worked, I ended up using an SD Card and it worked flawlessly

[@HimDead1228]

I just want to play my modded Skyrim without issues. A lot of mods work on Steam (with some crazy workarounds) but Nemesis Behavior Engine is just not being nice

[@funvedar]

Hi, thanks for the great video! wanna ask, why we need to install Steam OS first? we already have it, right? then we can create the partition for the windows OS hope you answer it

[@aclumsyspycrab5289]

From what I understand, the program to change the partition can not be running from the partition you wanna change, that's why he uses steamos from usb

[@funvedar]

Thanks, my bad missing that part

[@orignlchris4766]

Can this be done using an Imac computer?

[@shekakugaming7602]

How do i fix a broken windows instalation on oled deck

[@NarrativeNexus.]

Is it ok to do it on a steam deck oled 500 gb? Does windows take alot of space ?

[@muf-muffin]

Windows is 4gb, so 256gb is enough for launchers and games

[@HongSiewWai]

Hey guys, I just upgraded my deck to 2tb storage and planning to dual boot windows. Was wondering is it possible to shrink 2 extra partitions 1 is for windows (60GB) another 1 is for storage (1TB exFAT). The reason why is because exFAT can be shared for both Windows and SteamOS. Have anyone tried it before?

[@miketaibleson1028]

Bro, look at GParted. That should make it easy to do

[@_egglord]

kde partition manager is stuck on 11%

[@pauloisip3458]

My steam os disappeared 😓😓

[@fireflytrader5259]

sameeee