⚠ IMPORTANT NOTICE: For the New Windows 24H2 Installer at 07.51 in the video, make sure you choose "PREVIOUS SETUP" from the bottom left when beginning and turning your Deck portrait to continue with the setup installer like mine in the video and "don't choose delete everything". ⚠ If you don't press Previous Setup and wiped your partition instead with SteamOS booting into GRUB, do not worry and follow this guide to fix - th-cam.com/video/eUDbLkHDeGY/w-d-xo.html How To Dual Boot Steam Deck OLED & LCD - SteamOS & Windows 11 - Full Complete Setup Guide 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - What We Need 01:25 - Update SteamOS 01:49 - Set User Password 02:14 - Install Dual Boot 02:59 - Dual Boot GUI Tour & Setup 05:19 - Partition Internal Drive 07:51 - Install Windows 09:58 - Steam Deck Windows Drivers 12:32 - Dual Boot Fix 12:56 - Final Run Command 13:20 - Manual SteamOS Boot 13:43 - Run Dual Boot GUI 14:07 - Support Notice 14:32 - Acknowledgements 15:14 - Thanks For Watching! ❤ Subscribe - www.youtube.com/@DeckWizard 🐦 Follow Me On Twitter - x.com/deckwizardyt 💙 Follow Me On Bluesky - bsky.app/profile/deckwizard.bsky.social ☕ Buy me a Coffee! - ko-fi.com/deckwizard 🎮 Humble Bundle Partner - www.humblebundle.com/?partner=deckwizard ✏ Steam Deck Tutorials ✅ Install Proton-GE Steam Deck - th-cam.com/video/wEtXtjHI44g/w-d-xo.html ✅ Increase VRAM Steam Deck - th-cam.com/video/OM5Pl0_n7nw/w-d-xo.html ✅ How To Dual Boot Steam Deck - th-cam.com/video/ubWPIf2DbvE/w-d-xo.html ✅ How To Enable 16-10 Aspect Ratio in Metaphor - th-cam.com/video/TukmQmemER8/w-d-xo.html ✅ How To Fix Dragon Ball Sparking Zero FPS - th-cam.com/video/FS-axZmssBE/w-d-xo.html ✅ How To Enable FSR 3 in Silent Hill 2 Remake - th-cam.com/video/JIQYatT9jxA/w-d-xo.html ✅ How To Install FSR3 Steam Deck - th-cam.com/video/EmWx607XorA/w-d-xo.html 🎮 Handheld Gameplay Showcases ✅ Lossless Scaling Steam Deck OLED - th-cam.com/video/FXQItWVpnl0/w-d-xo.html ✅ Steam Deck 100 Games - th-cam.com/video/tdsVjF1LP3M/w-d-xo.html ✅ Legion GO 50 Games - th-cam.com/video/aE32qG_qo7M/w-d-xo.html ✅ ROG ALLY 50 Games - th-cam.com/video/f5DbobI7B8o/w-d-xo.html ✅ ROG ALLY X 40 Games - th-cam.com/video/QLh1d21eIrU/w-d-xo.html Steam Deck 2TB 4G VRAM SteamOS Windows 11 Pro Dual Boot #SteamDeck #SteamDeckOLED
@@DeckWizard i dont really know myself but i watched a lot of tutorial for Windows on Steam deck and most of them said that you dont need it on small devices like the Steam deck
Thank you for this simple walkthrough. I gave up trying to dual boot on my own. I just kept overwriting the bootloader nullifying any access to my other OS. This looks simple enough even I could do it. I'll give it a try in a few days if I have the time.
Same, been watching as many YT videos to make sure I'm up to date, this video coming out today made it even sweeter, so thanks for definitely changing my mind on dual booting my steam deck
One thing that make having a steam deck more enjoyable for me is having great channels like your to rely on for simply effective tutorials, thank you❤️
Awesome. I've been dual booting since your original video and didn't know there was a rEFInd GUI now. Every time there is a major SteamOS update I have to refer back to your "bring dual boot back to life video" to get it working again, it seems like one of these new steps might be helpful to me!
Hi there! Thank you for your support from my previous guides, I really appreciate it. The rEFInd GUI is fantastic and I recommend trying it out as opposed to my older Dual Boot guides, make sure to stay tuned to the channel for further support on Dual Booting the Steam Deck and other handhelds.
for anyone that’s having issues with windows booting to a black screen, turn off fast startup in the control panel! now my dual boot works perfectly on my oled
Thanks for your positive feedback! Please make sure to read the notice in the description regarding the Windows installation if you're looking to do this yourself! Have a great day ♥️
Thank you for making this! Just had a quick question. If/when valve includes an official dual boot and a future update, will this be easy to take off and use the official one? Would it just involve formatting and redownloading SteamOS?
This seems like a good tutorial but I need an idea here. Is there any way to make it so that windows is secondary but to always boot into steamos first? I honestly see no point to mess with dual booting if it invalidates the main part of the steam deck I enjoy, which is the ability to quickly press the power button and wake into steamos and play whatever game I left out on.
@@DeckWizard not really, but different question. im on a newer looking windows 11 installer and it tells me "There is an error selecting this partition for install. Please select a different partition or refresh selections." if i go to an older installer it gives me the same error in different wording. 8:43 is where my issue happened.
I would see this right after I spent 2 days and finally got it somewhat figured out with clover. I might just try to overwrite it and pray it works lol.
I think you would need to follow the uninstall steps for clover first before applying refind as they can conflict with each other through the EFI Boot table.
Currently doing this now and so much easier to follow hopefully it goes smooth unlike last night when I installed windows and my steamOS got deleted😂 thank you bro!❤
Did you perform the Dual Boot fix as mentioned in the tutorial? To get back to SteamOS you need to access it manually which is timestamped and then perform the rEFInd GUI again
Could this be done with an external SSD as well instead of the internal SSD inside the steam deck? So you could just plug in the external SSD to boot into the windows install when you want I hope that makes sense I really want to dual boot to use certain programs like photoshop and adobe illustrator on my deck but I don't have space and would rather not do it directly on my internal SSD.
Yes absolutely! We can select "Windows External SSD" in the Dual Boot GUI to achieve this and when connected to the Steam Deck the EFI file present from the Windows Installation can be accessed as we would expect ❤
⚠ IMPORTANT NOTICE: For the New Windows 24H2 Installer at 07.51 in the video, make sure you choose "PREVIOUS SETUP" from the bottom left when beginning and turning your Deck portrait to continue with the setup installer like mine in the video and "don't choose delete everything". ⚠ If you don't press Previous Setup and wiped your partition instead with SteamOS booting into GRUB, do not worry and follow this guide to fix - th-cam.com/video/eUDbLkHDeGY/w-d-xo.html
Steam Deck Tools, I have a tutorial coming for it soon. You might be able to get controls working by adding the epic games launcher and/or fortnite exe to Steam and launching from there so it attaches to Steam input.
I have SteamOS on my 1TB internal and Windows 11 on my 512GB MicroSD. Do I follow the steps to install rEFInd on SteamOS, set SteamOS as the primary and default and then select Windows (SD) to allow a dual boot?
Yes that's correct, if you apply Windows SD Card as your 2nd choice in the GUI then it will detect Windows on there and boot appropriately, let me know how you get on.
@@DeckWizard When I run the Konsole command from GitHub I get the following: error: no targets specified (use -h for help) Failed to enable unit: Unit file bootnext-refind.service does not exist. Installation 'completes' but I can't seem to install the GUI. -h does nothing. Going through the read me and I can't seem to find this error anywhere. Running SteamOS 3.6.19 Stable
Hey man, great job on the video. I'm not sure whether the Stable 3.6 update messed it up as I did have windows and everything installed on on the beta 3.6 before the proper stable update released. The Method of sharing the NTFS card doesn't seem to be visible on SteamOS anymore, and I'm unable to mount and open the sd card, getting an error of "Bad fs, Bad superblock Etc". However the sd card does still work on my windows partition, and doesn't show any errors when scanning it. Is there a way to fix this without having to wipe the card? and has this happened to you? Thanks :)
The very top of this description and comments I have placed a warning ⚠️ We need to select "Previous setup" from the bottom left corner of the windows installer to be taken to the setup I am showing in the video. If you have the Grub issue then I have pinned a video for you to use in order to fix, which you need to follow exactly to fix.
Yo u say at the end of the video to check the description for guide on setting up the controls on windows but i see now video or guide. Seems like quite an important step no? Not quite sure why it was left out the video. Whats the point of a windows u cant do anything with? Please could u link the video ur talking about or guide or whatever snd also make it clear in the description.
Hiya, thanks for your comment, the guide is coming this week as I couldn't get to it last week due to the sheer amount of games releasing. Please stay tuned, I haven't forgotten ❤️
Amazing Video! I have a 512GB Oled. I was wondering how I can split a 1tb Micro SD between both OS’s. I just want to install Black ops 6 & Fortnite on Windows, and all my other games on Steam OS. Is it possible to share a MicroSD between both OS’s?
It is possible but not recommended for Micro SD due to the low read/write speeds, please stay tuned for future videos where I'll go more in depth on this
I appreciate the video. Everything seems to work fine but I have one issue, when choosing windows to boot, the screen goes black and unresponsive. I have to hold the power button for 10 seconds or so, and when it restarts it goes right to windows, and it works fine. Andy idea what could be causing this? It's somewhat intermittent but happens most of the time (80%).
That's amazing to hear, that's exactly what it's there for and as long as we understand this method it's smooth sailing for any type of SteamOS and Windows Update where we feel in control. Have a great day and thanks for choosing my guide ❤️
One more question, can I update SteamOS and Windows? Moreover, everytime I select windows I have to shut it off and turn it back on for it to go into windows. Any idea?
Yes you can update both of then absolutely fine. If you find that you're Booting into Windows then follow the timestamps for Manual Booting SteamOS and run the Refind GUI again with create/install config. This will repair the dual boot and all will be as it was previously. I hope that helps!
I’m having an issue where everything was working fine, however now windows keeps resetting display settings and doesn’t allow me to connect to WiFi even using ethernet does not work when using a dock.
One thing to tell people: the new Windows 11 24H2 update is corrupting the system files (whether dual-boot or sole Windows 11) this includes BSOD on the same partition SSD I had to reimage multiple times and just did a Windows 10 (up to date patches) instead and its stable without crashes
It’s not the installing part thats the issue; its once you install the Windows 11; after a while, you turn off and turn on the SD, the process hangs (meaning you can’t even move your mouse for a while until you get a “Critical Process Died” BSOD that loops). I know all the work arounds and even spoke with the Clover author. Setting the Memory RAM size in the BIOS from 1gb to 4gb might help but ultimately Windows 11 crashes nonetheless 1. Definitely not faulty SSD (currently on Wins 10 sole and turned on and shut off SD many times without ever “hanging” 2. Not a faulty SD OLED - tested with sole SteamOS running for many days - no error 3. Its better to partition the SSD into another drive of its own to put all the games and programs installed so that if the main “C:/ drive” with the sole Windows file is corrupted with BSOD, you can reformat that Partition only with the Windows while leaving the other partition uncorrupted; all you need to do is reattach the program installation path to that drive where your game is Not sure, if you are getting BSOD after couple reboots (or maybe its a select few??) but Windows 10 is the only stable for the SD right now; the problem is that the Wifi driver is still wonky and broken even on Windows 10/11 after reinstalling the official driver. from the Steam Resources page. Good tutorial video nonetheless but I just wanted to point this out to potential users who will encounter this problem (many in the r/WindowsOnDecK subreddit)
I installed Fortnite on Win11, Steam Deck OLED. Haven't tweaked much of the settings. Just set the graphics on low. It's really really laggy. Any recommendations on how to get it playable? I don't need the graphics to be high.. Also, I'm not sure how to get the controls working. I don't own a bluetooth controller. (will be buying soon.. Might get a wired one too.) I've also read a comment which stated that they got banned after setting up their Fortnite's controller using Steam Deck's. Idk how to phrase this better with its technical terms. Something abt emulating the Steam Deck's controller. May be due the anti-cheat..
On Steam Deck oled which GPU driver did you install? Can you please uninstall the OLED GPU driver and install the LCD GPU driver instead? You'll get better performance with that driver overall 😊 Enjoy!
Anyone know how to fix the “invalid loader file!” When trying to load into windows when in the os switcher? I can boot into it through the boot manager tho. I did the dual fix but nothing changes. I installed it on a sd card if that makes a difference. It is the top option in the boot manager as well. Please let me know if anyone knows a fix! Thanks
Works for both Steam Deck OLED and LCD, highly recommend watching the guide before proceeding and take heed of the notice at the top of the description regarding the new Windows installer.
Did you manage to resolve? If this happens your USB is not suitable, it'd happened to me before and we can actually hold power to shut the Steam Deck down. We then have to use another USB instead for SteamOS Recovery where I would encourage to go out and buy a fresh new one.
I'm having problems trying to partition my drive. I have a 1TB OLED and done all the previous steps right. when I want to partition 256gb and format to NTFS, it takes forever and the operation stays at 0%
I've had this issue before and it was due to my USB being old. Would you say this is a possible reason in your case? Also when you get to Windows, please make sure to select "Previous setup" from the bottom left corner, when you get there of course!
I made sure to follow every step to the letter on my Steamdeck OLED, I get the dualboot screen and can load into Steam OS no problem. When I choose Windows though it just sits on a black screen? Been like it for almost 10 minutes now
The procedure is different for the GO and uses different code than the Steam Deck. I'm aiming for the guide to drop soon so please stay tuned to the channel in the meantime.
Hello, helpful video. Could you do a video on bazzite vs steam os and maybe windows 10 and bazzite dual boot on the deck? Id appreciate it as i cant find anything about it.
@@DeckWizard thanks 👍 I am staying tuned. I turned on TH-cam notifications just for your channel so I could see updates. Keep doing what your doing. And I appreciate all your help.
hey everyone, recently bought a steam deck and i decided to put windows 11 on a microsd card, I had already used the media creation tool to download windows on a microsd. I followed every step besides the partition step because I had already formatted my microsd card before hand. Main issue is that when in the dual boot screen and clicking on windows it says "invalid loader file! Error:not found while loading bootmgfw.efi hit and key to continue"
Yes we need to in order to partition the drive from the USB environment. We cannot partition the drive from desktop mode due to the drive being locked. It is unlocked when we do it from the USB.
Hi there, when you installed Windows did you make sure your installer was exactly like mine in the video? Specifically, when you install please make sure to click "Previous Setup" in the bottom left corner of the installer and do not select "Delete Everything".
@@DeckWizard reinstalled W11 using the “Previous Setup” and still getting the same message when trying to boot Steam OS “ BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anyuhere else TAB lists possible device or file completions. grub>”
You can but I wouldn't recommend running Windows + Games from a Micro SD Card I'd consider investing in a bigger internal drive to replace your 64GB drive, it is honestly so worth it and your Steam Deck will be faster too.
So i ran into two problems on OLED. The drivers that needed installed via right click and install, that install button does not appear. also when trying to install the boot media fix the command window opens and denies it immediately. Not really sure what to do about either of these.
Are you making sure to select the correct files? Have you installed Windows from the official website? The boot fix should be used via run as admin. Let me know how you get on!
@DeckWizard for example, the wifi driver. I go to the qcwlan64 set up information file. However right clicking only allows me to open it as a text document, cut, copy, or delete it. Or I can open it in properties. No option to install The windows media installation came directly from windows as well.
I think you may have missed out the warning I placed at the top of the description and comments regarding choosing "previous setup" for the windows install. Please follow the guide pinned to fix, you got this 👊
You're all good! It's listed in the description but also here is a direct link ❤️ Dual Boot Fix - www.mediafire.com/file/w7jswsuctvnnd7k/Dual+Boot+Fix.zip
rEFInd is a lot cleaner, easier to customize and we don't need to rely on themes to express ourselves. Parts of the Clover script originated from the rEFInd script which you're seeing here for full transparency and its great to see what options are available. I'll be covering Clover very soon with a full video so please stay tuned to the channel ❤
What happens when the Steam Deck gets an update? I have windows and steam deck installed, it boots into windows when I start it, 'minus + power' and I can select steam os. But after a Steam Deck update, steam os disappears from the menu and I have to use 'plus + power' like in this video to access steam os, and fix it with this line: "sudo efibootmgr -c -L "SteamOS" -l "\EFI\steamos\steamcl.efi" -d /dev/nvme0n1p1 -b0003" I was thinking of clover or other options to avoid this necessary fix, is (this video) an option, or will I still have to do this fix?
Hi, I could not seem to get my audio driver to work on my OLED in Windows (mine is 10), even though I have installed all 3 drivers. I even tried to install the LCD one, but no success. Any input for this? NB: I can hear audio using wired earphone and bluetooth but not speaker output
Hi there, that's interesting considering you installed Windows 10 on this occasion. I think it may be the case the audio drivers only work for W11 on OLED.
@@AustonTimmerman yes i finally got it working, it is the combination of updating the latest steam beta os and also trying this th-cam.com/video/Xu8SNBDrlzg/w-d-xo.html . it is the probably the former, but yeah finally got it working!
Hello friend, I did the entire procedure, but when I arrive at the Windows installation and select the partition created in ntfs, it gives the following message "partition error for installation, select a different participation or update the selections" and I cannot continue the procedure. Could you help me? Thank you in advance for your attention. Hug
I redid the entire procedure following the video below and I managed to do it. I didn't try it with Windows 11, I tried it with Windows 10 made by Rufus. I achieved. I'll try again with Windows 11. th-cam.com/video/iNNNfVxZfqk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Vby1NlY2-gPLC7Dc
Why not BTRFS so we got shared storage. So just set windows to 100GB maybe, but you still have 900Gb shared for both OS. And clover has self-fix if got steam os update. But thank you for the guide. simple and clean.
Thank you for your support ❤️ BTRFS is an option if you prefer although I'm advising as a standard install here. When we have Steam libraries shared between Windows and SteamOS under BTRFS it can cause issues due to shaders and I prefer to keep them separate to avoid these issues. We can ideally use Anti cheat games on Windows and everything else on SteamOS. rEFInd also has a fix for when major SteamOS updates happen, which we subsequently achieve by booting manually and performing the refind GUI config creation ❤
Running Windows from micro sd is not advised. If you want to image the Micro sd with the windows installer you need a Windows pc with rufus to achieve this.
Whenever I click on my windows icon to boot it sends me to a blank screen. I need to hard shutdown then when I power up again it sends me to windows log in and skips the dual boot screen. Did I mess something up?
Throughout my testing so far it hasn't affected the Dual Boot, I'll be making sure to document any findings during testing and work through them if and when issues arise ❤
The problem seems to come when I use the ”dual boot fix” in windows. Without it it just boots to windows automatically (prioritizes the windows boot over refind).
HEADS UP! This tutorial is already outdated. Windows 11 24H2 Corrupts the SteamOS bootloader partition and you need to do additional steps after Windows is installed. th-cam.com/video/eUDbLkHDeGY/w-d-xo.html
Hi there, upon further investigation this isn't the case and Windows 11 24H2 installs just fine. The video you are showing shows the user first of all - Wiping their Steam Deck when they can Install Windows 24H2 from "Previous Setup" shown underneath the yellow bar obscuring this. And also this is when a user performs the 24H2 update on a 23H2 system as opposed to Installing Windows 24H2 fresh as shown above. I have tested this to confirm it is 100% the case.
@DeckWizard I'm just waiting to get my hands on a steamdeck because there not available in Australia until sometime November and I'll probably use tiny10 so there's no bloatware
Is it also possible to dual Boot with the sd card? So I have 2 SD Cards, one is for EmuDeck and I wanted to use the other one for dual booting windows, so whenever I want to boot to Windows, I just swap the SD Cards. Is it possible?
@vJKSv thanks for sharing your experience! I'll stick to installing windows separately on the SD card. I won't have the dual boot function but I can live with that :)
@@DeckWizardI've done every step. I installed the drivers on windows and went to boot into steam os manually and all I get is a black screen. I can't even load back into windows now either
Hiya, this is explained in the guide. Specifically at the beginning where I instruct us to change our password via user management ❤️ It's that password. You got this!
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⚠ IMPORTANT NOTICE: For the New Windows 24H2 Installer at 07.51 in the video, make sure you choose "PREVIOUS SETUP" from the bottom left when beginning and turning your Deck portrait to continue with the setup installer like mine in the video and "don't choose delete everything".
⚠ If you don't press Previous Setup and wiped your partition instead with SteamOS booting into GRUB, do not worry and follow this guide to fix - th-cam.com/video/eUDbLkHDeGY/w-d-xo.html
How To Dual Boot Steam Deck OLED & LCD - SteamOS & Windows 11 - Full Complete Setup Guide
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - What We Need
01:25 - Update SteamOS
01:49 - Set User Password
02:14 - Install Dual Boot
02:59 - Dual Boot GUI Tour & Setup
05:19 - Partition Internal Drive
07:51 - Install Windows
09:58 - Steam Deck Windows Drivers
12:32 - Dual Boot Fix
12:56 - Final Run Command
13:20 - Manual SteamOS Boot
13:43 - Run Dual Boot GUI
14:07 - Support Notice
14:32 - Acknowledgements
15:14 - Thanks For Watching!
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update: that fully worked. im so glad this did work because battleye got introduced to gta online, and well that doesnt work on steam os. THANK YOU !
Does windows 10 home work? (Because I have a product key with my Microsoft account and was curious if it would work?) if not it's ok.
@@RedChase07 you don't need a product key, windows is always activated on smaller devices
@spcrro really? How's that work? I've always needed it
@@DeckWizard i dont really know myself but i watched a lot of tutorial for Windows on Steam deck and most of them said that you dont need it on small devices like the Steam deck
Thank you for this simple walkthrough. I gave up trying to dual boot on my own. I just kept overwriting the bootloader nullifying any access to my other OS. This looks simple enough even I could do it. I'll give it a try in a few days if I have the time.
You're welcome! Sounds like a plan! Please let me know if you require any help and I'll be more than happy to help ❤
Same, been watching as many YT videos to make sure I'm up to date, this video coming out today made it even sweeter, so thanks for definitely changing my mind on dual booting my steam deck
One thing that make having a steam deck more enjoyable for me is having great channels like your to rely on for simply effective tutorials, thank you❤️
That's very kind feedback, thank you!
Awesome. I've been dual booting since your original video and didn't know there was a rEFInd GUI now. Every time there is a major SteamOS update I have to refer back to your "bring dual boot back to life video" to get it working again, it seems like one of these new steps might be helpful to me!
Hi there! Thank you for your support from my previous guides, I really appreciate it.
The rEFInd GUI is fantastic and I recommend trying it out as opposed to my older Dual Boot guides, make sure to stay tuned to the channel for further support on Dual Booting the Steam Deck and other handhelds.
Got it working on my OLED. Thank you so much for this guide!
for anyone that’s having issues with windows booting to a black screen, turn off fast startup in the control panel! now my dual boot works perfectly on my oled
Thank you for this, was just researching on how to dual boot my SD Oled. Will follow this guide :)
Make sure to take notice of the Windows disclaimer at the top of the description and other than that I hope you enjoy!
This is so amazing! Great video! Thank you!!
Thanks for your positive feedback! Please make sure to read the notice in the description regarding the Windows installation if you're looking to do this yourself! Have a great day ♥️
Thank you for making this! Just had a quick question. If/when valve includes an official dual boot and a future update, will this be easy to take off and use the official one? Would it just involve formatting and redownloading SteamOS?
Yes thats correct, there are instructions on the Github page for uninstalling when required
This seems like a good tutorial but I need an idea here. Is there any way to make it so that windows is secondary but to always boot into steamos first? I honestly see no point to mess with dual booting if it invalidates the main part of the steam deck I enjoy, which is the ability to quickly press the power button and wake into steamos and play whatever game I left out on.
Hi there, yes so when we install the Dual Boot GUI we can choose to have SteamOS boot first instead of Windows after 5 seconds of inactivity
the way this came out the DAY i needed it to 😭. THANK YOU
I hope you enjoy once Dual Boot is all setup! Are there any games in particular you're looking to play on Windows? ❤
@@DeckWizard not really, but different question. im on a newer looking windows 11 installer and it tells me "There is an error selecting this partition for install. Please select a different partition or refresh selections." if i go to an older installer it gives me the same error in different wording. 8:43 is where my issue happened.
I would see this right after I spent 2 days and finally got it somewhat figured out with clover. I might just try to overwrite it and pray it works lol.
I think you would need to follow the uninstall steps for clover first before applying refind as they can conflict with each other through the EFI Boot table.
thank you!
Currently doing this now and so much easier to follow hopefully it goes smooth unlike last night when I installed windows and my steamOS got deleted😂 thank you bro!❤
Did you already follow it and forget to choose "Previous setup" for Windows per the warning notice?
@ I’m currently just using rufus to get the steam recovery image on so I can partition but I’ll remember that bit when I get to it mate cheers
@@DeckWizardjust noticed when I boot up now after being in windows it boots me into windows first instead of giving me a choice
Did you perform the Dual Boot fix as mentioned in the tutorial?
To get back to SteamOS you need to access it manually which is timestamped and then perform the rEFInd GUI again
@ yes mate that’s sorted it, quick question how do I get the old nov 2023 driver gpu for Fortnite to play better?
hey, you think you could try the game "Dark and Darker" in your next tests on the oled?
Stay tuned to the channel and I'll see if I can squeeze that game in some time ❤
@@DeckWizard awesome
Could this be done with an external SSD as well instead of the internal SSD inside the steam deck?
So you could just plug in the external SSD to boot into the windows install when you want
I hope that makes sense I really want to dual boot to use certain programs like photoshop and adobe illustrator on my deck but I don't have space and would rather not do it directly on my internal SSD.
Yes absolutely! We can select "Windows External SSD" in the Dual Boot GUI to achieve this and when connected to the Steam Deck the EFI file present from the Windows Installation can be accessed as we would expect ❤
@@DeckWizard you are the best thank you for such a fast reply i will give it a go!
I hope you have a wonderful day today!
🖤
You too, let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to help
❤
Amazing video, I really appreciate it 👍
Thank you, Make sure to select "Previous setup" when installing Windows.
⚠ IMPORTANT NOTICE: For the New Windows 24H2 Installer at 07.51 in the video, make sure you choose "PREVIOUS SETUP" from the bottom left when beginning and turning your Deck portrait to continue with the setup installer like mine in the video and "don't choose delete everything".
⚠ If you don't press Previous Setup and wiped your partition instead with SteamOS booting into GRUB, do not worry and follow this guide to fix - th-cam.com/video/eUDbLkHDeGY/w-d-xo.html
bro I'm sorry, but apparently I'm stupid, I still didn't understand what "PREVIOUS SETUP" you're talking about
In the bottom left corner of the first screen you see when you load the latest Windows 11 USB
Ohh yeahh🎉🎉🎉
How did you get Fortnite to work, I can’t get it to recognize the correct controls or add it to steam
Steam Deck Tools, I have a tutorial coming for it soon.
You might be able to get controls working by adding the epic games launcher and/or fortnite exe to Steam and launching from there so it attaches to Steam input.
yes very easy process thnx .. and also need to how to uninstall dual boot with out loosing data ❤
Please check the Github. Uninstallation steps are documented there step by step ❤️
I have SteamOS on my 1TB internal and Windows 11 on my 512GB MicroSD. Do I follow the steps to install rEFInd on SteamOS, set SteamOS as the primary and default and then select Windows (SD) to allow a dual boot?
Yes that's correct, if you apply Windows SD Card as your 2nd choice in the GUI then it will detect Windows on there and boot appropriately, let me know how you get on.
@@DeckWizard You're a legend, thanks mate
@@DeckWizard When I run the Konsole command from GitHub I get the following:
error: no targets specified (use -h for help)
Failed to enable unit: Unit file bootnext-refind.service does not exist.
Installation 'completes' but I can't seem to install the GUI. -h does nothing.
Going through the read me and I can't seem to find this error anywhere. Running SteamOS 3.6.19 Stable
Hey I appreciate the tutorial. But will this install delete the game saves that are currently on my SSD?
Hiya thanks for your positive feedback! No your saves will be fine as they are kept on your SteamOS partition.
Thank you.
Hey man, great job on the video. I'm not sure whether the Stable 3.6 update messed it up as I did have windows and everything installed on on the beta 3.6 before the proper stable update released. The Method of sharing the NTFS card doesn't seem to be visible on SteamOS anymore, and I'm unable to mount and open the sd card, getting an error of "Bad fs, Bad superblock Etc". However the sd card does still work on my windows partition, and doesn't show any errors when scanning it. Is there a way to fix this without having to wipe the card? and has this happened to you?
Thanks :)
Hi there, if you're looking to share your Micro SD Card, I would recommend looking into BTRFS Sharing as opposed to NTFS
I enjoyed the tutorial so far, I am encountering a problem, where the Grub Gnu 2.06 UI is showing up, do you know any fix for this?
The very top of this description and comments I have placed a warning ⚠️
We need to select "Previous setup" from the bottom left corner of the windows installer to be taken to the setup I am showing in the video.
If you have the Grub issue then I have pinned a video for you to use in order to fix, which you need to follow exactly to fix.
Yo u say at the end of the video to check the description for guide on setting up the controls on windows but i see now video or guide. Seems like quite an important step no? Not quite sure why it was left out the video. Whats the point of a windows u cant do anything with? Please could u link the video ur talking about or guide or whatever snd also make it clear in the description.
Hiya, thanks for your comment, the guide is coming this week as I couldn't get to it last week due to the sheer amount of games releasing.
Please stay tuned, I haven't forgotten ❤️
Amazing Video! I have a 512GB Oled. I was wondering how I can split a 1tb Micro SD between both OS’s. I just want to install Black ops 6 & Fortnite on Windows, and all my other games on Steam OS. Is it possible to share a MicroSD between both OS’s?
It is possible but not recommended for Micro SD due to the low read/write speeds, please stay tuned for future videos where I'll go more in depth on this
@@DeckWizard Subbed. Thank you!
I appreciate the video. Everything seems to work fine but I have one issue, when choosing windows to boot, the screen goes black and unresponsive. I have to hold the power button for 10 seconds or so, and when it restarts it goes right to windows, and it works fine. Andy idea what could be causing this? It's somewhat intermittent but happens most of the time (80%).
That manual boot into steam then re configuring refind fixed my dual boot problems not going into refind after restart/shutdown. thanks
That's amazing to hear, that's exactly what it's there for and as long as we understand this method it's smooth sailing for any type of SteamOS and Windows Update where we feel in control.
Have a great day and thanks for choosing my guide ❤️
@ I’m still going to be using windows 10 till eod since windows 11 has now become a good/bad install lottery even with the 24h 11 update
One more question, can I update SteamOS and Windows? Moreover, everytime I select windows I have to shut it off and turn it back on for it to go into windows. Any idea?
Yes you can update both of then absolutely fine. If you find that you're Booting into Windows then follow the timestamps for Manual Booting SteamOS and run the Refind GUI again with create/install config.
This will repair the dual boot and all will be as it was previously.
I hope that helps!
I’m having an issue where everything was working fine, however now windows keeps resetting display settings and doesn’t allow me to connect to WiFi even using ethernet does not work when using a dock.
Lil update: Reinstalled windows, haven’t come across this issue again yet. Will update if it happens. To all that read this, have a lovely day. : )
One thing to tell people: the new Windows 11 24H2 update is corrupting the system files (whether dual-boot or sole Windows 11) this includes BSOD on the same partition SSD
I had to reimage multiple times and just did a Windows 10 (up to date patches) instead and its stable without crashes
The solution and workaround is pinned to the top of the comments and description, it's an annoying change from Microsoft.
It’s not the installing part thats the issue; its once you install the Windows 11; after a while, you turn off and turn on the SD, the process hangs (meaning you can’t even move your mouse for a while until you get a “Critical Process Died” BSOD that loops). I know all the work arounds and even spoke with the Clover author. Setting the Memory RAM size in the BIOS from 1gb to 4gb might help but ultimately Windows 11 crashes nonetheless
1. Definitely not faulty SSD (currently on Wins 10 sole and turned on and shut off SD many times without ever “hanging”
2. Not a faulty SD OLED - tested with sole SteamOS running for many days - no error
3. Its better to partition the SSD into another drive of its own to put all the games and programs installed so that if the main “C:/ drive” with the sole Windows file is corrupted with BSOD, you can reformat that Partition only with the Windows while leaving the other partition uncorrupted; all you need to do is reattach the program installation path to that drive where your game is
Not sure, if you are getting BSOD after couple reboots (or maybe its a select few??) but Windows 10 is the only stable for the SD right now; the problem is that the Wifi driver is still wonky and broken even on Windows 10/11 after reinstalling the official driver. from the Steam Resources page.
Good tutorial video nonetheless but I just wanted to point this out to potential users who will encounter this problem (many in the r/WindowsOnDecK subreddit)
I installed Fortnite on Win11, Steam Deck OLED. Haven't tweaked much of the settings. Just set the graphics on low. It's really really laggy. Any recommendations on how to get it playable? I don't need the graphics to be high..
Also, I'm not sure how to get the controls working. I don't own a bluetooth controller. (will be buying soon.. Might get a wired one too.) I've also read a comment which stated that they got banned after setting up their Fortnite's controller using Steam Deck's. Idk how to phrase this better with its technical terms. Something abt emulating the Steam Deck's controller. May be due the anti-cheat..
On Steam Deck oled which GPU driver did you install?
Can you please uninstall the OLED GPU driver and install the LCD GPU driver instead?
You'll get better performance with that driver overall 😊
Enjoy!
Anyone know how to fix the “invalid loader file!” When trying to load into windows when in the os switcher?
I can boot into it through the boot manager tho. I did the dual fix but nothing changes. I installed it on a sd card if that makes a difference. It is the top option in the boot manager as well.
Please let me know if anyone knows a fix! Thanks
Could you use 1 usb and 1 sd card of this?
Hi there! Yes this is absolutely fine, make sure to choose "Previous Setup" at the start of the Windows Installer so it looks just like mine.
Can this be for steam deck oled as well ??
Works for both Steam Deck OLED and LCD, highly recommend watching the guide before proceeding and take heed of the notice at the top of the description regarding the new Windows installer.
@ ok thanks for the heads up
Is there a particular reason people choose 11 pro or is it preference?
We get access to a load of admin stuff as opposed to home which lacks it, most won't need it but it gives us more control.
When I go to partition, it gets stuck at 11%. How long did it take you all for this part?
Did you manage to resolve? If this happens your USB is not suitable, it'd happened to me before and we can actually hold power to shut the Steam Deck down.
We then have to use another USB instead for SteamOS Recovery where I would encourage to go out and buy a fresh new one.
I'm having problems trying to partition my drive. I have a 1TB OLED and done all the previous steps right. when I want to partition 256gb and format to NTFS, it takes forever and the operation stays at 0%
I've had this issue before and it was due to my USB being old.
Would you say this is a possible reason in your case?
Also when you get to Windows, please make sure to select "Previous setup" from the bottom left corner, when you get there of course!
@@DeckWizard no i think my USB drive is fine. it’s only several months old. i’m really unsure of what the problem is.
Don’t format it at the same time, it glitches out when you do that, leave it unallocated then after the resize is done format the unallocated space
@ i tried that and it still doesn’t work. i just might give up lol
So i got it to work on my steam deck.. kinda. the performance is very bad - on both steam os and windows
I made sure to follow every step to the letter on my Steamdeck OLED, I get the dualboot screen and can load into Steam OS no problem. When I choose Windows though it just sits on a black screen? Been like it for almost 10 minutes now
following lol
do you know if this would work with bazzite on the legion go / rog ally?
Yes it will on Legion GO but not ROG ALLY, I'll have guides for both of the GO and ALLY very soon
@@DeckWizard thanks, I'm tired of holding the (+) button everytime i want to switch OS's. If I install ReFind will it erase my data?
The procedure is different for the GO and uses different code than the Steam Deck.
I'm aiming for the guide to drop soon so please stay tuned to the channel in the meantime.
@@DeckWizard okay awesome, thanks! preciate you doing your part for the community and those that know so little. Subbed & Looking forward to it!
getting stuck at the partition part. I have my usb hub with my usb drive - but i only have 3 options to choose from
Did you manage to get past it? You should just select your USB and proceed from there.
Hello, helpful video. Could you do a video on bazzite vs steam os and maybe windows 10 and bazzite dual boot on the deck? Id appreciate it as i cant find anything about it.
I can certainly look into it for a future video, please stay tuned to the channel!
@@DeckWizard thanks 👍 I am staying tuned. I turned on TH-cam notifications just for your channel so I could see updates. Keep doing what your doing. And I appreciate all your help.
hey everyone, recently bought a steam deck and i decided to put windows 11 on a microsd card, I had already used the media creation tool to download windows on a microsd. I followed every step besides the partition step because I had already formatted my microsd card before hand. Main issue is that when in the dual boot screen and clicking on windows it says
"invalid loader file!
Error:not found while loading bootmgfw.efi
hit and key to continue"
Windows isnt built for micro sd cards..
Dual booting hasn't been hard for me to do. The problem is keeping a dual boot after a windows update. I've given up.
im confused about the steam os recovery card, do we have too put steam os onto a usb stick?
Yes we need to in order to partition the drive from the USB environment.
We cannot partition the drive from desktop mode due to the drive being locked.
It is unlocked when we do it from the USB.
Hey! I did everything and then once I tried the Manual SteamOS Boot, I got a message saying you have to enter something and says grub> . What do I do?
Hi there, when you installed Windows did you make sure your installer was exactly like mine in the video? Specifically, when you install please make sure to click "Previous Setup" in the bottom left corner of the installer and do not select "Delete Everything".
when do you select “Previous Setup”? I am not seeing this option and ran into the same grub> error
When we first load the USB and turn it portrait
@@DeckWizard reinstalled W11 using the “Previous Setup” and still getting the same message when trying to boot Steam OS
“ BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anyuhere else TAB lists possible device or file completions.
grub>”
That is because you already installed Windows without it.
Can you try to follow this guide to fix please - th-cam.com/video/eUDbLkHDeGY/w-d-xo.html
I wonder how good this would work with winbtrfs, so that windows can access the games installed on linux.
I have a 64 gb steam deck can I stil dual boot with it i have a 1tb sd card 🤔
You can but I wouldn't recommend running Windows + Games from a Micro SD Card
I'd consider investing in a bigger internal drive to replace your 64GB drive, it is honestly so worth it and your Steam Deck will be faster too.
@@DeckWizard alright mate cheers
Will running it on windows make dragon ball sparking zero get more ranked online matches ?
I think it might actually, I need to test this myself soon when games calm down a bit
Great Video!! I just hacve a problem when choosing the OS in the boot screen it always shows an Invalid loader file error screen.
Which OS specifically? Have you made sure to run the refind GUI again?
@@DeckWizard With Steam Os. I have run the GUI twice and get that error each time :(
So i ran into two problems on OLED. The drivers that needed installed via right click and install, that install button does not appear. also when trying to install the boot media fix the command window opens and denies it immediately. Not really sure what to do about either of these.
Are you making sure to select the correct files?
Have you installed Windows from the official website?
The boot fix should be used via run as admin.
Let me know how you get on!
@DeckWizard for example, the wifi driver. I go to the qcwlan64 set up information file. However right clicking only allows me to open it as a text document, cut, copy, or delete it. Or I can open it in properties. No option to install
The windows media installation came directly from windows as well.
@DeckWizard I'm genuinely mental. I didn't extract the files. Thus why I couldn't access the install button. Apologies for the confusion
@DeckWizard Please make a video how to fix Invalid loader file! Error: Not found while loading bootmgfw.efi on sd card😢😢 on steam deck dual booting
Hey for some reason i cant enter into steamOS manually. I just opens a command line and i have to reboot
I think you may have missed out the warning I placed at the top of the description and comments regarding choosing "previous setup" for the windows install.
Please follow the guide pinned to fix, you got this 👊
Sorry for the ignorance but where is the Dual Boot fix?
You're all good! It's listed in the description but also here is a direct link ❤️
Dual Boot Fix - www.mediafire.com/file/w7jswsuctvnnd7k/Dual+Boot+Fix.zip
How comes not clover?
rEFInd is a lot cleaner, easier to customize and we don't need to rely on themes to express ourselves.
Parts of the Clover script originated from the rEFInd script which you're seeing here for full transparency and its great to see what options are available.
I'll be covering Clover very soon with a full video so please stay tuned to the channel ❤
@@DeckWizardnice good to know good sir still trying to work out what loader to go with, how's this one handle updates ?
What happens when the Steam Deck gets an update?
I have windows and steam deck installed, it boots into windows when I start it, 'minus + power' and I can select steam os.
But after a Steam Deck update, steam os disappears from the menu and I have to use 'plus + power' like in this video to access steam os,
and fix it with this line: "sudo efibootmgr -c -L "SteamOS" -l "\EFI\steamos\steamcl.efi" -d /dev/nvme0n1p1 -b0003"
I was thinking of clover or other options to avoid this necessary fix, is (this video) an option, or will I still have to do this fix?
If SteamOS gets a major update, simply follow the 13:20 Manual SteamOS Boot and run the GUI again, everything will be fixed.
Hi, I could not seem to get my audio driver to work on my OLED in Windows (mine is 10), even though I have installed all 3 drivers. I even tried to install the LCD one, but no success. Any input for this? NB: I can hear audio using wired earphone and bluetooth but not speaker output
Hi there, that's interesting considering you installed Windows 10 on this occasion.
I think it may be the case the audio drivers only work for W11 on OLED.
if you haven't figured it out or if anyone else experiences this issue, updating to the beta steam os fixed it for me!
@@AustonTimmerman yes i finally got it working, it is the combination of updating the latest steam beta os and also trying this th-cam.com/video/Xu8SNBDrlzg/w-d-xo.html . it is the probably the former, but yeah finally got it working!
Looks like a decent tutorial, very informative and easy to understand. I, however, will not be attempting this. Windows sucks!
Will it work work Windows 10? I don't like Windows 11.
Yes w10 is fine 🙂
@DeckWizard thank you
On the bootmenu my partition(usb driver) wont appear? I tried deferent usb drives and sd cards but it just wont show up.
Pleeease heeelp?
Which image are you trying to write? Are you writing then correctly with rufus?
@DeckWizard the drivers i try to put on are empty, are suppose to have something in it?
The drivers from valves website?
@@DeckWizard ty brother, I'm so happy that you exist. And ty for a fast respond, you freaking awesome!
Hello friend, I did the entire procedure, but when I arrive at the Windows installation and select the partition created in ntfs, it gives the following message "partition error for installation, select a different participation or update the selections" and I cannot continue the procedure. Could you help me? Thank you in advance for your attention. Hug
I also have this problem... any solution?
??? @DeckWizard
same
@DeckWizard
I redid the entire procedure following the video below and I managed to do it. I didn't try it with Windows 11, I tried it with Windows 10 made by Rufus. I achieved. I'll try again with Windows 11.
th-cam.com/video/iNNNfVxZfqk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Vby1NlY2-gPLC7Dc
I’ve been following this guide and when I get to the windows 11 setup it says to install driver to show hardware… what do I do
Hi there, did you manage to resolve this? Have you tried a different USB?
@@DeckWizard I’ll give it a go… I tried flashing another version of windows but no success there
Why not BTRFS so we got shared storage. So just set windows to 100GB maybe, but you still have 900Gb shared for both OS.
And clover has self-fix if got steam os update.
But thank you for the guide. simple and clean.
Thank you for your support ❤️
BTRFS is an option if you prefer although I'm advising as a standard install here. When we have Steam libraries shared between Windows and SteamOS under BTRFS it can cause issues due to shaders and I prefer to keep them separate to avoid these issues.
We can ideally use Anti cheat games on Windows and everything else on SteamOS.
rEFInd also has a fix for when major SteamOS updates happen, which we subsequently achieve by booting manually and performing the refind GUI config creation ❤
What if I want to download windows onto a micro sd inside the deck?
Running Windows from micro sd is not advised.
If you want to image the Micro sd with the windows installer you need a Windows pc with rufus to achieve this.
@ then could I have windows on my ssd, but have the games and such on the microsd?
Whenever I click on my windows icon to boot it sends me to a blank screen. I need to hard shutdown then when I power up again it sends me to windows log in and skips the dual boot screen. Did I mess something up?
Can you access SteamOS and run the refind GUI again?
@@DeckWizard yes, I can still access it. I have it open now
I’ve got same thing with that, everything works fine apart from that bit
Is it working now? ❤️
Which part specifically? Let me know so I can help
Can you do it without PC just by steam deck?
It might be a bit difficult since we need a PC to create the Windows USB
@@DeckWizard phone can download windows?
@@MurtadhaJlil It can download it but it can't write it to a USB. You'll need a Windows PC with Rufus to achieve this.
i try to get the recovery image but when i click download theres just a white page
Is this for the SteamOS image? Have you tried a different Web browser?
@@DeckWizard i did, i think it was just down at the time bc i tried it just now and it downloaded
Does the new Windows 11 update mess this up, like it does with Clover?
Throughout my testing so far it hasn't affected the Dual Boot, I'll be making sure to document any findings during testing and work through them if and when issues arise ❤
I get ”invalid loader file!”
”Error: Not found while loading bootmgfw.efi” message when chosing windows from the refind bootloader. 🤔
Which process did you try to do in terms or Micro SD, Internal drive?
Have you installed Windows correctly?
@ internal drive. I can access windows just fine from the boot meny (using volume and the powerbutton).
The problem seems to come when I use the ”dual boot fix” in windows. Without it it just boots to windows automatically (prioritizes the windows boot over refind).
Still waiting for the ability to install steamos on micro sd😊
HEADS UP! This tutorial is already outdated. Windows 11 24H2 Corrupts the SteamOS bootloader partition and you need to do additional steps after Windows is installed. th-cam.com/video/eUDbLkHDeGY/w-d-xo.html
Hi there, upon further investigation this isn't the case and Windows 11 24H2 installs just fine. The video you are showing shows the user first of all - Wiping their Steam Deck when they can Install Windows 24H2 from "Previous Setup" shown underneath the yellow bar obscuring this.
And also this is when a user performs the 24H2 update on a 23H2 system as opposed to Installing Windows 24H2 fresh as shown above.
I have tested this to confirm it is 100% the case.
How to downgrade your steam deck 😢
Which version are you looking to downgrade? Any specific reason? 🤔
Bloodborne tutorial ?
Step 1 u buying a ps4 2nd hand for 50€
Step 2 u buying bb for 10€
Step 3 insert the disc
😂 demon souls though 😈 runs very well on the deck
Can you do a tutorial on how to get hedgemodmanager on the steam deck?
If your using windows 11 your losing out on performace
Please feel free to use W10 if that's your preference ❤️
@DeckWizard I'm just waiting to get my hands on a steamdeck because there not available in Australia until sometime November and I'll probably use tiny10 so there's no bloatware
Is it also possible to dual Boot with the sd card? So I have 2 SD Cards, one is for EmuDeck and I wanted to use the other one for dual booting windows, so whenever I want to boot to Windows, I just swap the SD Cards.
Is it possible?
Bad idea mate I did that last night and had to uninstall everything and reinstall steam right mess around, use a usb
@vJKSv thanks for sharing your experience! I'll stick to installing windows separately on the SD card. I won't have the dual boot function but I can live with that :)
Im not able to boot into steam os after installing windows :(
We need to follow the guide fully step by step, it is likely you missed out the manual boot into SteamOS timestamped at 13:20
@@DeckWizardI've done every step. I installed the drivers on windows and went to boot into steam os manually and all I get is a black screen. I can't even load back into windows now either
@@DeckWizardwhen I look at the drive in KDE partition manager every part of my SSD is just labeled as "unknown" and I'm unable to access them
Are you viewing KDE Partition Manager from desktop mode or the SteamOS Recovery USB?
@@PepsiDog if you want this fixed, you gotta reply to him.
when i go to enter my code from github and enter into konsole - it end at " [sudo] password for deck:" how do i proceed?
Hiya, this is explained in the guide. Specifically at the beginning where I instruct us to change our password via user management ❤️ It's that password.
You got this!
@@DeckWizard i changed the password but konsole won't allow me to type anything in
It's typing it, it's just invisible. Type the password and press enter ❤️