SteamOS is an inmutable operating system, so no real changes are made to the base of the OS. That's why certain tools require you to re-install them every time you upgrade your deck, since they can't be installed permanently. It's a really stable OS, so it won't get slower even after years of heavy use.
Oh good to know! Appreciate the insights and was wondering why I hadn't started experiencing any sluggishness with as much as I'm constantly swapping in new software
Nice tutorial! It's good to see that it's an easy process to do a factory reset in case it's needed! Near the end I saw that you have launchers for GOG, Epic and GamePass which it's cool to see that there's a way to have access to all your digital libraries even if it's not natively from Steam OS itself! Great video and keep up the good work!
Thanks for this. As a programmer working with Linux i know it can be such a pain doing this and get everything back up and running like before. So seeing that it's a rather smooth process is definitely good to know. Have a good one friend! Much love ❤
Only issue I’ve found is there’s something wrong with the way it rebuilds partitions after reset. My 1tb oled had 10gb less of ssd storage after reset. I re-imaged it and the storage went back to +10gb. A few other people have posted about it, but there’s no real explanation anywhere.
I’m curious if files and folders would be effected from something like this it terms of it removing all user created folders? or are some directories off limits to this reset?
Nice video!. I reinstalled Steam os when I installed a 1tb ssd in my old 64gb steam deck. Now my son enjoys that one. Get the OLED one, I think it is worth the upgrade.
But how does retrieving game saves work? Where does the Deck save each game's save state when exiting a game? Is it automatically done on-line, like the Switch. And are all the save states retrieved in the same way! Also, what about Games like GTA 5 which, although bought through Steam, required a Rockstar Social account set up? Where are those saves? Please do a video about this. I'm a steam deck noob. Only had one for a few weeks & it's had to be RMA'ed. When it's returned, i don't know if I'll have any save states or not, and how are they retrieved. Coming from a Nintendo Switch to a Steam Deck has been a daunting transition. Thank you for your videos 👍
For Steam games, most of them have Cloud save, so no need to worry about those. You can check if a game has cloud save on the store page. For games with launchers like Rockstar, I think the launcher itself has their own cloud save, so you just signin and continue. As for PC games (outside of Steam, like .exes) and for emulation games, it depends a lot on each case. I would recommend either looking that up individually, or making a backup of your whole home/deck folder, just in case
Yup, what nayibmc said- Cloud save should mostly keep things intact and 3rd party launcher games like those from Ubisoft/Rockstar tend to have their own cloud solutions for maintaining save data.
@@frankmacs9379 I'm happy to hear I helped. But do remember that this learning curve is like that because we are tinkering outside of Steam. If you get a Steam Deck and stick with Steam games, it's actually simpler than on the Switch: some Steam games have cloud save, some don't. While on the Switch it's: some Switch games have cloud save, some don't, but for most you have to PAY to have cloud save :D
Well i peeked at your video because i tried to set up my external NVMe drive to use as additional storage for when i am at home and well something odd happened so now i am going to reset my system and hope everything ends up working out well because one other thing is i use my deck as a media device as well for when i am at home docked watching movies and shows so i would go to desktop mode but not when i go on it well it keeps asking me to put in a password so i want to avoid that as well.
@@YourPlayer2 Everything is back to normal but i am using a 512gb USB C Pen drive instead which of course isn't as fast as the NVMe drive i was using but still better than nothing at all.
Oh I missed this one before... Sorry to hear your attempt at getting an excuse to buy an oled didn't work... 😂 As for the steam deck not being a console... Well, that's true, but it's also not windows. Actually this factory reset is a big difference already because for a windows pc to get it fresh I would format and reinstall windows fresh, not just click a button in the menu. This actually also feels a lot more console. I would say that steam deck is more like a console that is open to you doing lots of PC things to it. I'm sure you could gunk the system up, but you probably need to go to desktop mode to do it. Stay in game mode and the system to me seems very much like a console.
I've been considering doing a reset because Half Life 2 has been on my deck since I got it and it just refuses to uninstall... but then I'd have to go thru the hassle of completely re setting up all my emulation
@yogurtmilk3912 I have done that, it gets rid of the files, but unfortunately doesn't remove it from my installed on the steam os side and then it tries to validate and just re installs the whole game
Amazing! Thank you for this. I've got so much space wasted. Can't find a bunch of roms or my Diablo IV install. I know I could grep, but what about those keywords I didn't know about? Love it.
... and BG3 dropped a massive update requiring 150GB of free space. Today is the day! Reset currently in progress as I watch this for the second time. Thank you for giving me the confidence to just go ahead and do it.
Went well! One thing I didn't think to check on or backup that I lost though: custom controller configurations. Oh, and per game power / frame rate profiles, but they're not as hard to change back. Really wish they were account level. I wonder if I even could have backed that up.
SteamOS is an inmutable operating system, so no real changes are made to the base of the OS.
That's why certain tools require you to re-install them every time you upgrade your deck, since they can't be installed permanently.
It's a really stable OS, so it won't get slower even after years of heavy use.
Oh good to know! Appreciate the insights and was wondering why I hadn't started experiencing any sluggishness with as much as I'm constantly swapping in new software
Nice tutorial! It's good to see that it's an easy process to do a factory reset in case it's needed! Near the end I saw that you have launchers for GOG, Epic and GamePass which it's cool to see that there's a way to have access to all your digital libraries even if it's not natively from Steam OS itself! Great video and keep up the good work!
Oh yeah, SUPER straightforward and I was pleased that I didn't hit any major snags after wiping everything clean. Thanks, homie!
Thanks for this. As a programmer working with Linux i know it can be such a pain doing this and get everything back up and running like before. So seeing that it's a rather smooth process is definitely good to know. Have a good one friend! Much love ❤
You're most welcome! You have a good one too and appreciate it, potato
Only issue I’ve found is there’s something wrong with the way it rebuilds partitions after reset. My 1tb oled had 10gb less of ssd storage after reset. I re-imaged it and the storage went back to +10gb.
A few other people have posted about it, but there’s no real explanation anywhere.
Oh odd? I didn't notice that myself but if it impacts the LCD models as well I'll have to look into it!
What's the game at 6:58?
That would be Spec Ops: The Line, though sadly it's been removed from Steam at this point so you'll likely need to emulate.
Not sure if you've done this or not, but it would be cool to see a list of your favorite accessories for Deck, Switch, etc.
I've done at least one accessories video but it was closer to launch- probably overdue for another!
Thanks for the info, I might need it soon
You're most welcome, Yog!
I love your metaphor what Steam Deck is: like a baloon twisted into animal.
Seemed appropriate!
I’m curious if files and folders would be effected from something like this it terms of it removing all user created folders? or are some directories off limits to this reset?
Yup, doing a reset will wipe all user data
Nice video!. I reinstalled Steam os when I installed a 1tb ssd in my old 64gb steam deck. Now my son enjoys that one. Get the OLED one, I think it is worth the upgrade.
Thanks dude! Solid approach to the upgrade and I'm sure he loves it!
wait Bloodborne demastered works on the steam deck?
It does indeed! Or at least it did when I made that video sometime back :p
@@YourPlayer2 thats so cool will have to look into installing it
But how does retrieving game saves work? Where does the Deck save each game's save state when exiting a game? Is it automatically done on-line, like the Switch. And are all the save states retrieved in the same way! Also, what about Games like GTA 5 which, although bought through Steam, required a Rockstar Social account set up? Where are those saves?
Please do a video about this. I'm a steam deck noob. Only had one for a few weeks & it's had to be RMA'ed. When it's returned, i don't know if I'll have any save states or not, and how are they retrieved. Coming from a Nintendo Switch to a Steam Deck has been a daunting transition. Thank you for your videos 👍
For Steam games, most of them have Cloud save, so no need to worry about those. You can check if a game has cloud save on the store page.
For games with launchers like Rockstar, I think the launcher itself has their own cloud save, so you just signin and continue.
As for PC games (outside of Steam, like .exes) and for emulation games, it depends a lot on each case. I would recommend either looking that up individually, or making a backup of your whole home/deck folder, just in case
@@nayibmc5437 Wow, ok. It's a bit of a daunting transition but thank you for the great information 👍
Yup, what nayibmc said- Cloud save should mostly keep things intact and 3rd party launcher games like those from Ubisoft/Rockstar tend to have their own cloud solutions for maintaining save data.
@@YourPlayer2 Thank you. This is great to know for a noob like me. There's a steep learning curve moving from a Switch to a Steamdeck
@@frankmacs9379 I'm happy to hear I helped. But do remember that this learning curve is like that because we are tinkering outside of Steam. If you get a Steam Deck and stick with Steam games, it's actually simpler than on the Switch: some Steam games have cloud save, some don't. While on the Switch it's: some Switch games have cloud save, some don't, but for most you have to PAY to have cloud save :D
Does it delete your Proton add ons download?
Yup, it looks like it!
Well i peeked at your video because i tried to set up my external NVMe drive to use as additional storage for when i am at home and well something odd happened so now i am going to reset my system and hope everything ends up working out well because one other thing is i use my deck as a media device as well for when i am at home docked watching movies and shows so i would go to desktop mode but not when i go on it well it keeps asking me to put in a password so i want to avoid that as well.
Hope it works out, Ecks!
@@YourPlayer2 Everything is back to normal but i am using a 512gb USB C Pen drive instead which of course isn't as fast as the NVMe drive i was using but still better than nothing at all.
Factory reset after upgrading the SSD 😊
That might've been a better idea :p
This is the first video i watched 0.75 speed 🤣
LoL sorry about that- I'm working on it I assure you!
Oh I missed this one before... Sorry to hear your attempt at getting an excuse to buy an oled didn't work... 😂
As for the steam deck not being a console... Well, that's true, but it's also not windows. Actually this factory reset is a big difference already because for a windows pc to get it fresh I would format and reinstall windows fresh, not just click a button in the menu. This actually also feels a lot more console.
I would say that steam deck is more like a console that is open to you doing lots of PC things to it. I'm sure you could gunk the system up, but you probably need to go to desktop mode to do it. Stay in game mode and the system to me seems very much like a console.
Hehehe maybe next time I'll brick it properly :p
That's a good point! Factory reset here is MUCH easier than a wipe/instal on a windows box.
I resetted my Deck 3 times lol
LoL then you already know it's pretty straightforward!
Okknmm
Save states are definitely worth a mention here. For me, some games came back with the same, but some didn’t. Emulation definitely didn’t for me.
Oh weird? I'm surprised any of them survived honestly as clearing all user data I figured those would get roasted.
My ocd kicks in when I see that I have to have a SQUARE profile picture for my steam account 😂
Bwahahaha it is a bit odd
Figured he was going to say something amazing happened.😉
Nothing particularly amazing :p
I've been considering doing a reset because Half Life 2 has been on my deck since I got it and it just refuses to uninstall... but then I'd have to go thru the hassle of completely re setting up all my emulation
That's weird, here's a fix: in desktop mode go to steam, open games files and delete the folder where the game is installed.
@yogurtmilk3912 I have done that, it gets rid of the files, but unfortunately doesn't remove it from my installed on the steam os side and then it tries to validate and just re installs the whole game
@@johnsducks9816 have you tried moving the game to an SD card and then uninstalling? Idk it might help.
@@yogurtmilk3912 won't let me move it to the sd card because it lacks the required files to move it but yes I have tried many times
Oh that's weird? Might be worth a shot if manual removal of its files didn't work.
Great video. Shout out to the awesome K380 keyboard.
Good eye! Been using it for years and keeps on chugging but some of the letters are starting to wear off unfortunately :p
It would be cool to see a video of games that play great on the Deck, but are unverified on Steam
I'll see what I can do! Certainly a lot of them :)
@@YourPlayer2 I have a favor and a question to ask you?
Amazing! Thank you for this. I've got so much space wasted. Can't find a bunch of roms or my Diablo IV install. I know I could grep, but what about those keywords I didn't know about? Love it.
... and BG3 dropped a massive update requiring 150GB of free space. Today is the day! Reset currently in progress as I watch this for the second time. Thank you for giving me the confidence to just go ahead and do it.
Went well! One thing I didn't think to check on or backup that I lost though: custom controller configurations. Oh, and per game power / frame rate profiles, but they're not as hard to change back. Really wish they were account level. I wonder if I even could have backed that up.
Glad it was helpful!
Oh wow that's a huge update o_0
I’m ocd and have gone through a factory reset 10 times in 10 min. Result was always the same 😂
That's awfully quick o_0