Do This BEFORE Replacing Your SSD! | Clonezilla | Steam Deck | Ayaneo | ROG Ally #steamdeck #ayaneo2 #rogally #clonezilla ▶ Overkill Gaming Discord Server: discord.gg/dCBMy6gFCk ▶ Twitter: twitter.com/OG_GameflixTV Today we will look at how to clone, backup, and restore your SteamOS/Windows Image on the Steam Deck. This also applies to any other handheld such as Ayaneo or any PC. This is especially helpful when planning to replace your SSD. If you enjoy this video or find it helpful, please leave a LIKE and also SUBSCRIBE for more. If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to drop by our Discord server. Link is in this description. Download Links: RUFUS: rufus.ie/en/ CLONEZILLA: clonezilla.org/downloads/download.php?branch=stable Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:37 - What You Will Need 3:15 - Creating the Clonezilla Image Using Rufus 3:36 - Cloning the SSD 8:57 - Restoring the Image 12:15 - Conclusion Hardware: Steam Deck ~ 1.5 TB Dual Boot with SteamOS and Windows 11 | Custom AMD Vangogh Integrated Chip Ayaneo 2 Geek ~ Windows 11 | 2TB M.2 2280 Double-Sided SSD | 32 GB LPDDR5 RAM | Ryzen 7 6800U/Radeon 680M Playstation 5 Digital Edition ~ 2 TB SSD Upgrade Gaming PC ~ NVIDIA RTX 3090 | Intel i9 10850K CPU | 32 GB DDR4 RAM Streaming PC ~ NVIDIA RTX 2080 Super | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X CPU | 32 GB DDR4 RAM Playlists: Steam Deck Gameplay Videos th-cam.com/play/PLHR7H690ynSi8RhmDia5mzssgNrXlCjXg.html Steam Deck Tutorials: How to Create Custom Overlays for the Steam Deck (Windows 11)... th-cam.com/video/kkSWkBsA-e0/w-d-xo.html Using Gyros in Windows for PS Remote Play (Handheld Companion)... th-cam.com/video/ClrqCHDtF9c/w-d-xo.html Handheld Companion Controller Support (Windows 11)... th-cam.com/video/LQpLwAAECgE/w-d-xo.html My SWICD Setup for Best Controller Support... th-cam.com/video/GfATlwSlLuY/w-d-xo.html How to Upgrade the Internal SSD... th-cam.com/video/-gtArgBFS0Y/w-d-xo.html How to Play Overwatch 2 in SteamOS... th-cam.com/video/UppuJXYRTrA/w-d-xo.html How to Set Up the SteamOS UI in Windows... th-cam.com/video/81uQFmDtFx4/w-d-xo.html Complete WinDeck (Windows 11 Only) Setup Tutorial... th-cam.com/video/3HbhYG7W6NE/w-d-xo.html How to Dual Boot Windows & SteamOS (SSD Partition Method)... th-cam.com/video/ntvCVHP0AtY/w-d-xo.html How to Dual Boot Windows & SteamOS (SD Card Method)... th-cam.com/video/ZO33tQ5dE4Q/w-d-xo.html How to Set Up Controller Support for Non-Steam Games (SWICD Method)... th-cam.com/video/89Z_1y0DXhA/w-d-xo.html How to Set Up Controller Support for Non-Steam Games (GLoSC Method)... th-cam.com/video/VyQ9s0D0dGA/w-d-xo.html How to Set Up Custom Button Mappings in Windows:... th-cam.com/video/NmguZuffXeo/w-d-xo.html How to Share an SD card between Windows & SteamOS... th-cam.com/video/VVoodxlO3oA/w-d-xo.html How to Set Up Custom Boot Animations... th-cam.com/video/EsKpEpZox2U/w-d-xo.html How to Play Any Game on the Steam Deck (Requires a PC)... th-cam.com/video/6qvgNY5s4Fw/w-d-xo.html
When you restored the saved image on the new 1TB OLED, did you have to do anything on the new Steam Deck's SSD before (like formatting it)? Or it will just override on what's already stored on the internal SSD of the OLED (the already installed SteamOS)
In the video, it shows you downloading the Clonezilla ZIP folder, but when using Rufus, you use Clonezilla ISO image. You might want to edit the video to actually show you choosing the Clonezilla ISO from the dropdown menu. :)
Thanks to your tutorial, I was finally able to clone my old ssd to a new 2tb one. I tried the dd cloning method THREE times but it would always get stuck at the boot logo. Did this method once and it worked first try.
@lade2336 he said "we recommend using a keyboard for this" implying it's optional and not needed. It is 100% needed. Also this is from 3 months ago....
Thanks for this video. I've been using Clonezilla to back up my work laptop. It is great. Great idea to use it for the Steam Deck. A lot of work put it getting the Deck just how you like it lol. One minor thing. On mine, the text and everything is rotated 90 degrees so a pair of glasses and a crick in the neck was needed for my backup 😂. Thanks again
@Raynesword yeah I have all the hardware I thought I needed, minus a keyboard. I guess i thought this process was supposed to be an alternative to direct cloning with a 2230 enclosure and that I could save a few bucks by just use my existing ssd/thumb stick, like the ones in the video. Didn't think I'd have to drop 50 bucks on a keyboard for just a few steps though, that's why I was confused.
I'd rather do device-to-device cloning instead of device-image cloning as it doesn't require a 3rd drive to temp store the image and plus it saves a step.
This is what I’d like to do. I currently have a dual boot setup on my 256 gb ssd and want to transfer my partitions to my new 2tb ssd. Are there any additional steps I’d need to take not outlined in this tutorial? Or is it simply a matter of selecting “device to device” with the new ssd connected @ 5:08 ?
@@LuckyJensenn there's a option between K0 and K1. K0 means it keeps the partition sizes unchanged. K1 will edit the partition size to fill the new drive. I suggest using K1.
Great video. If iv got a new Steamdeck OLED, will i be abke to apply the cloned image from my old Steamdeck to the SD OLED? Or will there be an issue as the OLED drive isnt empty?
You should be able to clone to the new Steam Deck using this. You can also just take the SSD out of the old one and put it into the new one. That might work also. Not sure if there are any differences between the software on the old Deck and the new one
Iv since read that valve will be putting out a steam os version 3.5 something soon which is OLED compatible. So my thinking is once you've updated your current SD to that, you could then clone your SSD and transfer it over
Hey - how do you use a keyboard with your steamdeck in clonezilla? Is bluetooth avaible? Is there a workaround. I only have wirless keyboards at my home
thank you. was able to transfer lcd to oled doing this. one thing to note though is to make sure the decks are fully charged if your usb hub doesnt charge them (or does using the official dock work?). mine ran out of battery overnight and i wasnt sure it had completed the transfer, but it seems like it did
Really frustrated. I have done everything outlined in the video and it keeps saying that I don't have enough storage or don't have permission. I'm now locked out of my Steam Deck and might need to reset everything.
Saw someone else asked this. But can I store the Clonezilla image on the SD card and instead of an external SSD can I use a Flash Drive to store the cloned 64GB SSD? I currently have a 128GB USB A/C hybrid flash drive I was going to use to reimage the SSD. But I have probably at least 2 weeks until my new 2TB SSD gets delivered.
Yes. You can clone the drive and restore it to any other drive so long as the new drive is large enough to hold the image. This can be done on an external SSD, USB thumb drive or SD Card.
Hey! Something that I haven't seen discussed here is: if I have a new USB stick (for Clonezilla) and a new SSD (where I want to duplicate the files to) - how should I format the USB stick and the SSD as they're new and unformatted?
I followed the steps but it boots to the setup menu to select language and hasn't kept any of the data, only the os. Any idea what might have gone wrong?
my ssd is detected at the part at 5:55, but doesn’t appear under the mount device section at 6:17, any ideas? i’m totally lost on this and losing sleep.
too late, I put the old and new ssds to my gamer laptop (removed my 2 2TB m2 first) booted from bootable Gparted image as it was a free linux partition copy tool... Copief each one by one, resized etc. After puting new ssd to deck was not bootable fine, got a boot logo loop so had to use steam repair boot image. I still have my desktop stuff but lost all steam config for non steam games all prefix dirs and also dettings save games. I have to do all again.
So i got the old lcd deck, and im just basically gonna install a new 2tb in it. The thing is, My games (such as skyrim and fallout 4) have mods and MO2 that i use through desktop mode.. if i follow these steps in your video, will the results be like the same as it was? But with more storage? Or am i gonna have to fiddle my settings in MO2 all over again? That's what makes me nervous 🤔
Yeah it literally works flawlessly exactly the way I wanted it to. It’s like nothing on my steam deck changed at all. I just have more storage now. I’m gonna get my friend to use this guide when he does his too. You definitely got a sub from me bro. Starfield here I come hahaaaaa
So, when I cloned my SSD I did with it still in the unit. Not sure if there is a way to do this with it out of the unit using this software. Microcenter has a usb device that allows for external cloning. You can see the process in this video.... th-cam.com/video/KBrbSwGOfS4/w-d-xo.html
Will this image work if my my steam deck is moded? I have a steam deck led and want to upgrade to led...my lcd has roms & emulators and I want the oled to be the same with out setting up the emulators from scratch...???
I would double check to make sure that it is properly formatted. If you insert it into a PC with Windows running and it doesnt show up, then chances are it's not formatted. The EFI partition must be present in order for it to appear in the BIOS.
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 thanks for the reply. I was showing up in windows and I’ve managed to clone and re image to the new ssd. How do you properly format a drive so that it shows up in the decks boot manager?
I right click on this PC -> Click on Manage -> Click on Disk Management -> and then find the drive in the list. Then right click on the non-EFI partition and delete it. Then right click again and select New Volume and then format from there
Did you forget the final step of expanding the home partition? if you just clone over a drive to a bigger one, it’s gonna have a lot of unused space and you have the exact amount of storage as before…
I did my SSD upgrade well before this video existed, but SteamOS will automatically do that for you when you boot up the Deck with the newly-cloned drive in it for the first time.
I keep getting an error at the end of cloning the ssd to my micro sd. I have also tried using a portable hdd. Keeps telling me there is either a write protect error or there is not enough storage. Any ideas? Thanks
I have not attempted this myself, but I think you can do it using the feature that allows cloning to a partition rather than to an entire drive. We briefly mentioned this feature in the video
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 displays the logo for 5 or so sections, then disappears and starts again. Right now I just reinstalled the OS (just the OS) using the official image supplied by Valve in the hopes that would fix it and keep my data, but it seems it either wiped everything or never moved anything. I was most likely on 3.4 when I cloned it, so I knew there'd be some steps to get everything in line (updating via ethernet etc), but I did not expect this many issues.
Before trying to do this, I tried using dd on Konsole to try and copy my 512gb ssd to my new 2tb ssd and that doesn't seem to have worked properly. But now when I try to do Clonezilla hoping to do this method, it has 8 partitions on the 2tb external ssd with the 8th partition having the most storage on it (around 480gb) is there a certain way I need to format this SSD? any tips? Not sure how to properly format this before doing the Clonezilla method.
No. I don't believe you will have to format the SSD in any particular way because when Clonezilla restores the cloned image to the new media it will format it for you. That's how it worked in my experience. However, you can also use Windows to delete partitions beforehand as well by using the Disk Management Tool. Right click on My PC --> Click on Manage -> Click on Disk Management, then delete the partitions. Afterwards you should be left with an EFI Partition which cannot be deleted and a large unallocated partition. You can then right click on the unallocated partition and select New Volume to create a formatted partition as NTFS or another file system.
@OVERKILL GAMING so would I just choose the partition with the biggest size? Most of the partition sizes are 64mb, 256mb, stuff like that and then there's one with 480gb (sdd8), theoretically you're saying if I chose that one, it would just wipe the whole drive and format it and partition it the same exact way as the internal that I'm cloning to it, correct?
Yes, you should be able to restore your clone to that 480 GB partition if you choose the 'restore_an_image_to_local_partitions' option as shown at 10:55 in the video. It will leave all other partitions untouched. If you choose the 'restore_an_image_to_local_disk' option like we did in the video example, then it will overwrite the entire SSD with the cloned image and the entire SSD will be erased and reformatted.
Is this okay to do with the SSD you'll be putting in via enclosure? That way I don't have to do the middle man of having to use another external SSD or microSD. As in follow this and just pop in the new SSD with the cloned image on it?
If not I've got a spare 1tb microSD card I can go through this with, if that's a hard requirement. Tried booting off the external SSD to see if it worked before popping open the Deck, went through the boot menu after following the video and was stuck in bootloop of "Rebooting Into Firmware" to see if it worked so I figure that this method will not work and I need to use the exact method shown and cannot do it the way I just described in the previous comment. Your help is very appreciated!
I have dual boot on my steam deck.i cloned the ssd, but I'm lost at restoring ssd to new ssd. Since I have dual boot, is there a extra step to get steam os and windows on the new ssd card. I already cloned the ssd to a external ssd.
Haven't actually done this myself, but I would try just restoring the image to disk option. Theoretically, it should restore it as it is with partitions in tact and uefi boot records. But I cannot say for sure without going through the process myself. Another option would be to clone each partition separately and then restore each partition separately. For example might try restoring SteamOS first, making sure it works. Then partition the drive using KDE or GParted and then restore Windows to the other partition.
Just out of curiosity, why did you decide to create and restore an image of the old SSD, instead of cloning the old SSD directly to the new SSD using the disk to disk option in clonezilla?
I chose this method to image the new SSD, plus have a backup for the future because I re-image my drives on a pretty regular basis to test different setups. The Disk to Disk option is also a good choice.
the step at 4:09 doesnt lead into clonezilla for me, it did once but then the ssd got corrupted and i had to redo it, but now the screen goes black instead of loading clonezilla and just boots into gaming mode after "verifying integrity" of the nvme of the steam deck
im getting a error saying my disk space isnt enough wont go through the download part im using my new 1tb ssd for clonezilla and trying to backup my stuff from my steamdeck to my new ssd
Clonezilla keeps giving me an error saying that there isnt enough space on my hard drive. Im cloning my internal 512G to 2TB drive. Cant get it to work after several tries.
I wanna say you can as long as the size of the SD Card is the same as the cloned image. Haven't tried it this way, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 yeah it would pop up in yellow saying not mounted normally then after some more script it would be in red saying nothing was mountable, no matter how many drives I tried with it formatted multiple to different formats NTFS EXFAT etc. eventually after 5 hours I gave up and started from scratch on my OLED 😭
@@krystalcheung3682 I had this same issue but I managed to solve it by creating an empty folder inside the external ssd (the one you clone the image to). When you do this, make sure that the folder is highlighted blue when you choose browse, not the option (like how the "boot" directory is blue at 6:44)
@@bran9247 yeah i tried making a folder using a new ssd, nothing worked so i just gave up and wiped my deck. I was sending it in to be rma’ed so maybe that was broken, not a big deal just a pain to recustomise everything
I cloned My steam deck and tried to flash it to my other steam deck and it opened to the regular menu of the deck unflashed. It did not write anything to my decks SSD
For anyone else who is trying to follow this without a keyboard, it seems you ABSOLUTELY NEED A KEYBOARD which sucks. No way to press ctrl + c without it. I was hoping to do this without a usb hub / keyboard :( Edit: I have tried 2 USB hubs and neither of them have the power to keep my external SSD powered. This hurts.
I would like to clone my external ssd that has Windows 11 pro and all my Windows non steam games on it to a brand new Micro SD card, I just installed a 1 TB internal nvme ssd 2 days ago and that currently has Steam OS on it... I know its better to just dual boot the internal ssd compared to a micro sd, ( i know that it shortens micro sd's life span etc) but I have reasons and method behind my madness lol ( basically portability and i don't wanna put windows on same drive as Steam OS if i can help it)... Is it possible to clone windows and along with all my games n programs to a micro SD? I know it will take a lot longer too, but has anyone done this,... Or should I just Part out my internal 1 tb and dual boot that way?
lol... Ok so if the SD card is the same size as the Windows SSD, this should work. The size will be a major factor. I commend your madness dude. Depending on the SD Card, that will determine the time it will take. I don't recommend this with a cheap SD card you found buried in dust in the corner of your room. Get a good one. I personally would not recommend this at all. But give it a try. Me personally, I would just dual boot on the SSD and use the SD card as extra storage
@@OVERKILLGAMING786ok thanks for quick reply . U got a sub. I’m doing it on oled.. I have a brand new 2tb ssd I was gonna swap out my factory ssd from the oled. I have a saber enclosure . Is that easier than this vid?
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 got the image made. Had it up on a tv display so I wouldn’t break my neck looking sideways. I plan to use the image on a new OLED. I really hope that there aren’t some hidden settings that will mark my system as an LCD one while on the new hardware.
@@LaymanGamin Google it you'll find a few videos on it but tbh I wouldn't recommend that clone method. I ended up having issues and had to reimage the deck.
... or you simply set a pw for sudo. and run this command sudo dd if=/dev/nvme0n1 of=/dev/sda conv=sync status=progress (replace drive names if required)
tried different versions, tried different usb drives. always same error. my workaround: i removed the new ssd again, put both ssds on my mainboard, booted a live linux and ran DiskDump command. (this was waaay faster than over usb) then i used the gparted in the live linux to enlarge the main partition. whole friday wasted. -_-
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Today we will look at how to clone, backup, and restore your SteamOS/Windows Image on the Steam Deck. This also applies to any other handheld such as Ayaneo or any PC. This is especially helpful when planning to replace your SSD. If you enjoy this video or find it helpful, please leave a LIKE and also SUBSCRIBE for more. If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to drop by our Discord server. Link is in this description.
Download Links:
RUFUS: rufus.ie/en/
CLONEZILLA: clonezilla.org/downloads/download.php?branch=stable
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
2:37 - What You Will Need
3:15 - Creating the Clonezilla Image Using Rufus
3:36 - Cloning the SSD
8:57 - Restoring the Image
12:15 - Conclusion
Hardware:
Steam Deck ~ 1.5 TB Dual Boot with SteamOS and Windows 11 | Custom AMD Vangogh Integrated Chip
Ayaneo 2 Geek ~ Windows 11 | 2TB M.2 2280 Double-Sided SSD | 32 GB LPDDR5 RAM | Ryzen 7 6800U/Radeon 680M
Playstation 5 Digital Edition ~ 2 TB SSD Upgrade
Gaming PC ~ NVIDIA RTX 3090 | Intel i9 10850K CPU | 32 GB DDR4 RAM
Streaming PC ~ NVIDIA RTX 2080 Super | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X CPU | 32 GB DDR4 RAM
Playlists:
Steam Deck Gameplay Videos
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Steam Deck Tutorials:
How to Create Custom Overlays for the Steam Deck (Windows 11)... th-cam.com/video/kkSWkBsA-e0/w-d-xo.html
Using Gyros in Windows for PS Remote Play (Handheld Companion)... th-cam.com/video/ClrqCHDtF9c/w-d-xo.html
Handheld Companion Controller Support (Windows 11)... th-cam.com/video/LQpLwAAECgE/w-d-xo.html
My SWICD Setup for Best Controller Support... th-cam.com/video/GfATlwSlLuY/w-d-xo.html
How to Upgrade the Internal SSD... th-cam.com/video/-gtArgBFS0Y/w-d-xo.html
How to Play Overwatch 2 in SteamOS... th-cam.com/video/UppuJXYRTrA/w-d-xo.html
How to Set Up the SteamOS UI in Windows... th-cam.com/video/81uQFmDtFx4/w-d-xo.html
Complete WinDeck (Windows 11 Only) Setup Tutorial... th-cam.com/video/3HbhYG7W6NE/w-d-xo.html
How to Dual Boot Windows & SteamOS (SSD Partition Method)... th-cam.com/video/ntvCVHP0AtY/w-d-xo.html
How to Dual Boot Windows & SteamOS (SD Card Method)... th-cam.com/video/ZO33tQ5dE4Q/w-d-xo.html
How to Set Up Controller Support for Non-Steam Games (SWICD Method)... th-cam.com/video/89Z_1y0DXhA/w-d-xo.html
How to Set Up Controller Support for Non-Steam Games (GLoSC Method)... th-cam.com/video/VyQ9s0D0dGA/w-d-xo.html
How to Set Up Custom Button Mappings in Windows:... th-cam.com/video/NmguZuffXeo/w-d-xo.html
How to Share an SD card between Windows & SteamOS... th-cam.com/video/VVoodxlO3oA/w-d-xo.html
How to Set Up Custom Boot Animations... th-cam.com/video/EsKpEpZox2U/w-d-xo.html
How to Play Any Game on the Steam Deck (Requires a PC)... th-cam.com/video/6qvgNY5s4Fw/w-d-xo.html
Cloned my original 512GB Steam Deck before selling it using this method and then restored the clone to my 1TB OLED Steam Deck. Works perfectly.
Glad to see it works, got my OLED on the way hoping to put my 256gb LCD onto a USB then boot it onto my new 512gb OLED 🤞🏻
Awesome! Glad everything worked out for you! That new OLED Steam Deck must be awesome!
When you restored the saved image on the new 1TB OLED, did you have to do anything on the new Steam Deck's SSD before (like formatting it)? Or it will just override on what's already stored on the internal SSD of the OLED (the already installed SteamOS)
@@Yarrleroidid nothing it just overwrites it.
@@davidsaunders9101 Awesome, thanks a lot!
Awesome tutorial, thank you from the heart. Worked flawlessly migrating everything from Steam Deck LCD to the new OLED SD.
You're welcome!
Yep same here, flawless transfer over to the OLED model! Thank you for the great tutorial!
In the video, it shows you downloading the Clonezilla ZIP folder, but when using Rufus, you use Clonezilla ISO image. You might want to edit the video to actually show you choosing the Clonezilla ISO from the dropdown menu. :)
From the dropdown menu on the clonezilla website, (i spent ages looking for this in RUFUS) 😢
@@KefeAman Doesn't help that SF limits your download to 200Kb/s after one download....
How do you get past the control+c screen at 5:54? Do you have to have an external keyboard for this process??
Thank you! Perfect guide, straight forward, no bs, thorough. Very much appreciated!
Appreciate the tutorial man, it was really helpful, cause there's no way in hell I wanted to have to set up Cryonengine, Emudeck and Decky again.
Yeah this saves a whole lot of time and trouble. Glad it helped.
Thanks to your tutorial, I was finally able to clone my old ssd to a new 2tb one. I tried the dd cloning method THREE times but it would always get stuck at the boot logo. Did this method once and it worked first try.
Awesome! Glad we could help
How do you get past the control+c screen at 5:54? Do you have to have an external keyboard for this process??
@@ZyklonBeast12 I had a wired keyboard connected with a usb-c hub, so I think you do need an external keyboard
@@ZyklonBeast12in the beginning of the vid he said to have a keyboard connected i.e have a usb hub + thumbdrive + keyboard
@lade2336 he said "we recommend using a keyboard for this" implying it's optional and not needed. It is 100% needed. Also this is from 3 months ago....
Thanks for this video. I've been using Clonezilla to back up my work laptop. It is great. Great idea to use it for the Steam Deck. A lot of work put it getting the Deck just how you like it lol. One minor thing. On mine, the text and everything is rotated 90 degrees so a pair of glasses and a crick in the neck was needed for my backup 😂.
Thanks again
Thank you for this video I don't think i would've been able to upgrade my steam deck without this tutorial
Glad I could help!
How do you get past the control+c screen at 5:54? Do you have to have an external keyboard for this process??
@@ZyklonBeast12 yeah you'll need a USB hub with at least 2 ports for the hard drive and keyboard
@Raynesword yeah I have all the hardware I thought I needed, minus a keyboard. I guess i thought this process was supposed to be an alternative to direct cloning with a 2230 enclosure and that I could save a few bucks by just use my existing ssd/thumb stick, like the ones in the video. Didn't think I'd have to drop 50 bucks on a keyboard for just a few steps though, that's why I was confused.
50 bucks on a keyboard?? I have a $1 keyboard from the dollar store.. lol it works. @@ZyklonBeast12
you sir are a treasure. everything worked completely right first try! thank you so much
Awesome! Glad I could help!
It should be said you can also just plug in the new NVME drive to USB on the Deck and clone your SSD directly to the drive with CloneZilla as well.
Will this wipe all data on the destination SSD? I have a used 512GB with steam OS installed. Will this wipe it or do I need to wipe it my self?
REPLAY GANG🍿Hope all is well OKG
Hey Gene, all is well. I hope all is well with you and the fam as well. We're chugging right along
Thank you Blacksmith. Thou hast empowered me to replace my 1tb SSD with my new 2tb.
Finally a tutorial that doesn't show someone using the dd command on a mounted file system!
Flawless tutorial. worked perfectly. thank you so much!
You're welcome!
I'd rather do device-to-device cloning instead of device-image cloning as it doesn't require a 3rd drive to temp store the image and plus it saves a step.
This is what I’d like to do. I currently have a dual boot setup on my 256 gb ssd and want to transfer my partitions to my new 2tb ssd. Are there any additional steps I’d need to take not outlined in this tutorial? Or is it simply a matter of selecting “device to device” with the new ssd connected @ 5:08 ?
@@LuckyJensenn there's a option between K0 and K1. K0 means it keeps the partition sizes unchanged. K1 will edit the partition size to fill the new drive. I suggest using K1.
@@exakelgaming nice! Appreciate the help, thank you!
How do you get past the control+c screen at 5:54? Do you have to have an external keyboard for this process??
@@ZyklonBeast12 you will need a keyboard access and perform the functions.
Thanks so much for the guide. Its perfectly explained and everything worked perfect for me when doing this :)
Great video. If iv got a new Steamdeck OLED, will i be abke to apply the cloned image from my old Steamdeck to the SD OLED? Or will there be an issue as the OLED drive isnt empty?
You should be able to clone to the new Steam Deck using this. You can also just take the SSD out of the old one and put it into the new one. That might work also. Not sure if there are any differences between the software on the old Deck and the new one
Iv since read that valve will be putting out a steam os version 3.5 something soon which is OLED compatible. So my thinking is once you've updated your current SD to that, you could then clone your SSD and transfer it over
I appreciate this video! Its what I was looking for everything worked flawlessly.
Awesome! Glad it helped!
Thank you for this tutorial, it actually makes things much more simple on the process.
Thanks. Glad we could help
Amazing video bro!! Loving my Steam Deck.
this is exactly what i needed thank you!
Hey - how do you use a keyboard with your steamdeck in clonezilla? Is bluetooth avaible? Is there a workaround. I only have wirless keyboards at my home
I had it connected wired via a dock
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 so your keyboard has an USB A out? All mine are wireless
thank you. was able to transfer lcd to oled doing this. one thing to note though is to make sure the decks are fully charged if your usb hub doesnt charge them (or does using the official dock work?). mine ran out of battery overnight and i wasnt sure it had completed the transfer, but it seems like it did
Really frustrated. I have done everything outlined in the video and it keeps saying that I don't have enough storage or don't have permission. I'm now locked out of my Steam Deck and might need to reset everything.
i thought this sounded too good to be true and surely id have to re-install/initialize some things but i was definitely wrong
That looks hell of complicated (needs a lot of stuff) no way to backup to the cloud?
There is a server backup option. However I personally have never tried it.
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 in copyzilla? I have a Nas would make things a lot easier
Saw someone else asked this. But can I store the Clonezilla image on the SD card and instead of an external SSD can I use a Flash Drive to store the cloned 64GB SSD? I currently have a 128GB USB A/C hybrid flash drive I was going to use to reimage the SSD. But I have probably at least 2 weeks until my new 2TB SSD gets delivered.
Yes. You can clone the drive and restore it to any other drive so long as the new drive is large enough to hold the image. This can be done on an external SSD, USB thumb drive or SD Card.
Hey! Something that I haven't seen discussed here is: if I have a new USB stick (for Clonezilla) and a new SSD (where I want to duplicate the files to) - how should I format the USB stick and the SSD as they're new and unformatted?
All of my drives are formatted as NTFS. Not sure if this is something you have to do beforehand.
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 Appreciate the answer! It's good to know because I had to use the EXT4 format that Steam Deck uses. Helpful, thank you!:)
I followed the steps but it boots to the setup menu to select language and hasn't kept any of the data, only the os. Any idea what might have gone wrong?
Hmmm... not sure. You can hit me in Discord and I can try and walk you through it
my ssd is detected at the part at 5:55, but doesn’t appear under the mount device section at 6:17, any ideas? i’m totally lost on this and losing sleep.
I'm also having this issue. It appears on the first list, but doesn't appear on the 2nd list.
if you find a fix, lmk. i’ll do the same.
any fix?
I bought an external nvme usb adapter, can I clone directly onto the new SSD before doing the swap?
Yes. You can clone to any other storage as long as it has enough room to hold the data and then you can clone from that storage device to the new SSD
Thank you. Can I clone my windows and steam os using this method?
thanks for the tips!
You're welcome
too late, I put the old and new ssds to my gamer laptop (removed my 2 2TB m2 first) booted from bootable Gparted image as it was a free linux partition copy tool...
Copief each one by one, resized etc.
After puting new ssd to deck was not bootable fine, got a boot logo loop so had to use steam repair boot image.
I still have my desktop stuff but lost all steam config for non steam games all prefix dirs and also dettings save games.
I have to do all again.
So i got the old lcd deck, and im just basically gonna install a new 2tb in it. The thing is, My games (such as skyrim and fallout 4) have mods and MO2 that i use through desktop mode.. if i follow these steps in your video, will the results be like the same as it was? But with more storage? Or am i gonna have to fiddle my settings in MO2 all over again? That's what makes me nervous 🤔
Thanks man!
You're welcome!
This was such an amazing guide thank you so frickin much for this. This made doing this so much easier for me
Glad it helped!
Yeah it literally works flawlessly exactly the way I wanted it to. It’s like nothing on my steam deck changed at all. I just have more storage now. I’m gonna get my friend to use this guide when he does his too. You definitely got a sub from me bro. Starfield here I come hahaaaaa
I took my ssd out of my old steam deck and got the new oled. Can this be used to clone from my old ssd externally to new internal deck ssd?
So, when I cloned my SSD I did with it still in the unit. Not sure if there is a way to do this with it out of the unit using this software. Microcenter has a usb device that allows for external cloning. You can see the process in this video.... th-cam.com/video/KBrbSwGOfS4/w-d-xo.html
Will this image work if my my steam deck is moded? I have a steam deck led and want to upgrade to led...my lcd has roms & emulators and I want the oled to be the same with out setting up the emulators from scratch...???
My SanDisk extreme isn’t being found by the steam deck boot menu
I would double check to make sure that it is properly formatted. If you insert it into a PC with Windows running and it doesnt show up, then chances are it's not formatted. The EFI partition must be present in order for it to appear in the BIOS.
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 thanks for the reply. I was showing up in windows and I’ve managed to clone and re image to the new ssd. How do you properly format a drive so that it shows up in the decks boot manager?
I right click on this PC -> Click on Manage -> Click on Disk Management -> and then find the drive in the list. Then right click on the non-EFI partition and delete it. Then right click again and select New Volume and then format from there
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 thank you again, really appreciate it
Great video thank you!!!
Did you forget the final step of expanding the home partition? if you just clone over a drive to a bigger one, it’s gonna have a lot of unused space and you have the exact amount of storage as before…
Was not necessary. Worked perfectly without expanding the home partition
I did my SSD upgrade well before this video existed, but SteamOS will automatically do that for you when you boot up the Deck with the newly-cloned drive in it for the first time.
how did you connect a keyboard? i tried doing thrips with my dock and the hub doesn’t even work
I had a dock connected with a keyboard and mouse wired to it
I keep getting an error at the end of cloning the ssd to my micro sd. I have also tried using a portable hdd. Keeps telling me there is either a write protect error or there is not enough storage. Any ideas? Thanks
How big are the micro SD and HDD compared to the SSD? They have to be at least the same size.
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 Managed to get it sorted, reformated the SD card to Exfat and worked thanks
@OVERKILLGAMING786 could I do the same with an installation of windows on an sd card and copy it over to my partitioned SSD?
I have not attempted this myself, but I think you can do it using the feature that allows cloning to a partition rather than to an entire drive. We briefly mentioned this feature in the video
Followed every step religiously and after getting to the end without any noticeable issues, my deck is now stuck in a boot loop.
Interesting. I have never encountered this. So, it is booting over and over again or is it just stuck on the Steam logo screen?
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 displays the logo for 5 or so sections, then disappears and starts again. Right now I just reinstalled the OS (just the OS) using the official image supplied by Valve in the hopes that would fix it and keep my data, but it seems it either wiped everything or never moved anything.
I was most likely on 3.4 when I cloned it, so I knew there'd be some steps to get everything in line (updating via ethernet etc), but I did not expect this many issues.
Before trying to do this, I tried using dd on Konsole to try and copy my 512gb ssd to my new 2tb ssd and that doesn't seem to have worked properly. But now when I try to do Clonezilla hoping to do this method, it has 8 partitions on the 2tb external ssd with the 8th partition having the most storage on it (around 480gb) is there a certain way I need to format this SSD? any tips? Not sure how to properly format this before doing the Clonezilla method.
No. I don't believe you will have to format the SSD in any particular way because when Clonezilla restores the cloned image to the new media it will format it for you. That's how it worked in my experience. However, you can also use Windows to delete partitions beforehand as well by using the Disk Management Tool. Right click on My PC --> Click on Manage -> Click on Disk Management, then delete the partitions. Afterwards you should be left with an EFI Partition which cannot be deleted and a large unallocated partition. You can then right click on the unallocated partition and select New Volume to create a formatted partition as NTFS or another file system.
@OVERKILL GAMING so would I just choose the partition with the biggest size? Most of the partition sizes are 64mb, 256mb, stuff like that and then there's one with 480gb (sdd8), theoretically you're saying if I chose that one, it would just wipe the whole drive and format it and partition it the same exact way as the internal that I'm cloning to it, correct?
Yes, you should be able to restore your clone to that 480 GB partition if you choose the 'restore_an_image_to_local_partitions' option as shown at 10:55 in the video. It will leave all other partitions untouched. If you choose the 'restore_an_image_to_local_disk' option like we did in the video example, then it will overwrite the entire SSD with the cloned image and the entire SSD will be erased and reformatted.
Is this okay to do with the SSD you'll be putting in via enclosure? That way I don't have to do the middle man of having to use another external SSD or microSD. As in follow this and just pop in the new SSD with the cloned image on it?
If not I've got a spare 1tb microSD card I can go through this with, if that's a hard requirement. Tried booting off the external SSD to see if it worked before popping open the Deck, went through the boot menu after following the video and was stuck in bootloop of "Rebooting Into Firmware" to see if it worked so I figure that this method will not work and I need to use the exact method shown and cannot do it the way I just described in the previous comment. Your help is very appreciated!
I have dual boot on my steam deck.i cloned the ssd, but I'm lost at restoring ssd to new ssd. Since I have dual boot, is there a extra step to get steam os and windows on the new ssd card. I already cloned the ssd to a external ssd.
Haven't actually done this myself, but I would try just restoring the image to disk option. Theoretically, it should restore it as it is with partitions in tact and uefi boot records. But I cannot say for sure without going through the process myself. Another option would be to clone each partition separately and then restore each partition separately. For example might try restoring SteamOS first, making sure it works. Then partition the drive using KDE or GParted and then restore Windows to the other partition.
Thanks
@@seanjuan201did it work?
Just out of curiosity, why did you decide to create and restore an image of the old SSD, instead of cloning the old SSD directly to the new SSD using the disk to disk option in clonezilla?
I chose this method to image the new SSD, plus have a backup for the future because I re-image my drives on a pretty regular basis to test different setups. The Disk to Disk option is also a good choice.
Ohhh ok, yea logistically that definitely makes more sense for you!
the step at 4:09 doesnt lead into clonezilla for me, it did once but then the ssd got corrupted and i had to redo it, but now the screen goes black instead of loading clonezilla and just boots into gaming mode after "verifying integrity" of the nvme of the steam deck
Interesting. Haven't encountered that before. If it were me, I would probably recreate the drive with Clonezilla and try to boot from it again.
im getting a error saying my disk space isnt enough wont go through the download part im using my new 1tb ssd for clonezilla and trying to backup my stuff from my steamdeck to my new ssd
Hmmm... not sure why this is happening. I never experienced this issue. Are you certain you have the correct drive selected?
yes its the correct drive going to try and buy a sd card see if that works @@OVERKILLGAMING786
Got It Working Downloaded Clonezilla to sd put that in and the new ssd connected now the download process is going thank you bro@@OVERKILLGAMING786
Same issue
Clonezilla keeps giving me an error saying that there isnt enough space on my hard drive. Im cloning my internal 512G to 2TB drive. Cant get it to work after several tries.
The only thing I can think of is that you selecting an incorrect drive to clone to possibly? I have never encountered that issue.
I am also having this issue
Can you use a sd card instead of a ssd or hdd to store the clone, which file format does the sd card or drive need to be?
I wanna say you can as long as the size of the SD Card is the same as the cloned image. Haven't tried it this way, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.
I am using a usb formatted to NTFS and once I select the usb on the list to clone to it says not mounted normally?
Is that the exact error message it gave you. I looked it up and could not find that error message.
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 yeah it would pop up in yellow saying not mounted normally then after some more script it would be in red saying nothing was mountable, no matter how many drives I tried with it formatted multiple to different formats NTFS EXFAT etc. eventually after 5 hours I gave up and started from scratch on my OLED 😭
Is it possible to do a device to device transfer without opening either steam deck?
If I clone it directly to the new ssd with an enclosure can I just put it and it will work?
Yes. It should work
After Cloning my ssd is same as my internal drive 256gb.
how to make it use all the available space as I used Sabrent 1TB drive?
When cloning, it will only usse the same amount of space as the drive that is being cloned.
6:42 I dont see the option for the directory all i see is abort and when i click browse it says try again
Are you able to tab over to browse and hit enter? If so, does it show the parent directory?
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 yes i hover over it and click browse and it keeps saying do u want to try again
Ive tried formatting it multiple times and used different ssds all above 1 tb as my deck is only 512gb and nothing shows up
@@krystalcheung3682 I had this same issue but I managed to solve it by creating an empty folder inside the external ssd (the one you clone the image to). When you do this, make sure that the folder is highlighted blue when you choose browse, not the option (like how the "boot" directory is blue at 6:44)
@@bran9247 yeah i tried making a folder using a new ssd, nothing worked so i just gave up and wiped my deck. I was sending it in to be rma’ed so maybe that was broken, not a big deal just a pain to recustomise everything
I cloned My steam deck and tried to flash it to my other steam deck and it opened to the regular menu of the deck unflashed. It did not write anything to my decks SSD
Can i do this without keyboard/usb hub ?. Only with thumb drive and sd card
You will need a USB hub and a keyboard for sure
For anyone else who is trying to follow this without a keyboard, it seems you ABSOLUTELY NEED A KEYBOARD which sucks. No way to press ctrl + c without it. I was hoping to do this without a usb hub / keyboard :(
Edit: I have tried 2 USB hubs and neither of them have the power to keep my external SSD powered. This hurts.
I would like to clone my external ssd that has Windows 11 pro and all my Windows non steam games on it to a brand new Micro SD card, I just installed a 1 TB internal nvme ssd 2 days ago and that currently has Steam OS on it... I know its better to just dual boot the internal ssd compared to a micro sd, ( i know that it shortens micro sd's life span etc) but I have reasons and method behind my madness lol ( basically portability and i don't wanna put windows on same drive as Steam OS if i can help it)... Is it possible to clone windows and along with all my games n programs to a micro SD? I know it will take a lot longer too, but has anyone done this,... Or should I just Part out my internal 1 tb and dual boot that way?
lol... Ok so if the SD card is the same size as the Windows SSD, this should work. The size will be a major factor. I commend your madness dude. Depending on the SD Card, that will determine the time it will take. I don't recommend this with a cheap SD card you found buried in dust in the corner of your room. Get a good one. I personally would not recommend this at all. But give it a try. Me personally, I would just dual boot on the SSD and use the SD card as extra storage
lol thanks man, the windows ssd is a 480 gb PNY and the micro sd is an TEAMGROUP pro plus A2 512gb @@OVERKILLGAMING786
and its brand new still in package.. will i have to format the card first?
@@OVERKILLGAMING786
What is the swap game in intro ?
Swap game? Not sure what you are referring to exactly
Sry swat game.
So a Bluetooth keyboard won’t work?
No. Only a hard connected keyboard will work for this
@@OVERKILLGAMING786ok thanks for quick reply . U got a sub. I’m doing it on oled.. I have a brand new 2tb ssd I was gonna swap out my factory ssd from the oled. I have a saber enclosure . Is that easier than this vid?
it says my kernel is too old?
I have never encountered that. DId you follow everything step by step?
My display is sideways when it boots clonezilla...
That'ss normal because the Steam Deck uses a portrait display
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 got the image made. Had it up on a tv display so I wouldn’t break my neck looking sideways.
I plan to use the image on a new OLED. I really hope that there aren’t some hidden settings that will mark my system as an LCD one while on the new hardware.
@@Bossman207-g7xwhere you able to do it and have it still recognize as an OLED and not LCD?
I have error - no space…
Are you sure you have the correct drive selected to clone your data to? I have never encountered this issue
@@OVERKILLGAMING786 I found the problem, it was a cheap usb hub.
Or you can just use an enclosure plug the new drive into the deck and run a single command.
How do I do that. What’s the command? Do u know the sudo password if I’ve never had a password except for my steam one??
@@LaymanGamin Google it you'll find a few videos on it but tbh I wouldn't recommend that clone method. I ended up having issues and had to reimage the deck.
... or you simply set a pw for sudo. and run this command sudo dd if=/dev/nvme0n1 of=/dev/sda conv=sync status=progress (replace drive names if required)
doesnt work. at 11:24 i get "target_parts is not assigned in function task_restoreparts. ocs live general finished with error." :(
Hmmm.... Interesting. I've never gotten that error
tried different versions, tried different usb drives. always same error.
my workaround: i removed the new ssd again, put both ssds on my mainboard, booted a live linux and ran DiskDump command. (this was waaay faster than over usb) then i used the gparted in the live linux to enlarge the main partition.
whole friday wasted. -_-