Very simple and straightforward guide, tells me how to install the OS onto a drive and nothing more. Super useful! Makes the process as easy as possible without fluff. I'm using another video to configure a custom dual boot screen, we'll see how that goes.
Awesome duel booting to windows can be useful but I think SteamOS has nearly just as much features and games now which is great! Only issue I'd say is with Anti Chest games, hopefully continued support will bring us more of them
You called me a masochist but I have to rebuttal. With the release of Quest 3, Imma try to get Virtual Desktop on the Deck and from there I can have mobile PCVR. For that you need windows, so thanks for the great guide
I do not have the option to "install" in the right click menu for the audio drivers. What should I do? Never mind! I shutdown and booted back into the card after previous installs and the option is now there. Editing my comment rather than deleting in case anyone else gets stuck.
I believe there are some unofficial drivers people are using on the OLED until real ones come out. Otherwise, the setup is the same: www.reddit.com/r/WindowsOnDeck/s/llSEP6ipwh
I can't get the apu drivers to work, they get stuck at 74 percent and then the installation of the drivers just crashes Edit:I fixed it by choosing "Driver only'
correction: the warning in rufus doesnt make you check if you have the correct sd card. it makes sure you actually want to delete everything currently on it
That looked way easier than what I'd expect. Since SD runs a linux distro, how good is wine at running native windows games? How about old school windows games (dos, 98, xp, etc)? Can you make a video on it if it's possible?
It's actually really good at running most games - it'd be impossible to test all of them of course, haha - but from what I've seen the ones that have the most issues are ones with specific anti cheats. A lot of people see that if a game isnt "Steam Deck Verified" that it won't run, but that's just not true. Proton makes it super easy
Hell yeah dude, awesome tutorial with the perfect amount of information. Having all the links for both parts and steps is such a crucial aspect that many forget to consider. Props to you man 🙏 One question that I didn’t see mentioned, what is the minimum size SD card recommended for this?
@@GLITCHYSKY228 Always leave ~100GB just for windows installation (updates start to take too much space over time) So I would say minimum 128GB (if you are playing indie games/emulators) or 512GB or higher (for games like Warzone, Fortnite, GTA V Online, etc)
Hi, I just did everything about the video but when I install the video driver I get error 1603, could you please help me? I have tried several things but nothing
Sorry, I didn’t create chiaki, you’ll have to check their github for errors. You can also google the error code and see if anyone has had similar issues.
Thanks for the straightforward guide! I just downloaded the windows 11 iso and used rufus for that. Then copied over and installed the drivers as shown. Works flawlessly. I guess maybe borderline specs for Windows 11. But it seems to handle it well for me so far. 4core 8thread in this bad boy.
You're guide was finally the best one I can work with while still maintaining my SteamOS. One question though because I tried to use my PNY 1Tb SD on Rufus but it wasn't recognizable. I settled for for a 256gb SanDisk since I was only paying Call off duty. But I'm already losing space. Has anyone tried this with a 1tb SanDisk SD card yet?
I keep getting the blue screen of death soon as as I try to install it I’ve wiped the card twice and re installed windows on it but the same issue . Any ideas?
Great video we love your explaining things, I want ask u about your experience, which the best for gaming windows or SteamOS ? I only play Diablo 4 and overwatch 2. Now i am using proton to run Diablo 4 on SteamOS.
you forgot to explain how to switch between one and the other OS. Will we have to hold the volume and power button every time, or will it ask automatically after every shutdown?
I’m not sure, I think it’s likely you’ll have to use the power and volume buttons because the steam deck wasn’t intended for this use but there might be a way to make it automatic who knows 🤷♀️
im gonna paste it here Dual-Boot with SteamOS not yet available While Steam Deck is fully capable of dual-boot, the SteamOS installer that provides a dual-boot wizard isn't ready yet. This will ship alongside SteamOS 3 once it's complete.
Once installed, I assume you can also just format your factory internal SSD (the with Steam OS installed) to be a drive for the Windows 10 boot (if you ever want to give up Steam OS) Though I would recommend reinstalling Windows 10 on the factory drive if you want to use Windows in the long term.
I get this Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space. The partition is an EFI system partition. The micro sd card is formatted as ntfs but wont install!!!!!!
rufus is not recognizing my sd card Im using the same one as you but mine is the 512gb version. Is there something that you did or am I doing something wrong? Im using my steam deck to install it I put in the sd card slot at the bottom and rufus is still not recognizing it. I also mounted the sd card Ive tried everything please help!
When I click the link to download windows 10 it says service unavailable so I googled it and it still said service unavalible so is there anyway i could get a link to the windows 10 download like on mediafile or something?
Great video thank you this was helpful for me but since i have the OLED i see valve hasn’t released Wifi, Bluetooth, Audio drivers yet 😔😔 damn i hope soon they will, luckily i had a dock with a ethernet port so i had to use that to continue and finish updating but then later for the mean time i tried Qualcomm QCNFA765 wifi driver and it worked i can connect wirelessly
thanks i tried to instal on my 128gb sd card not branded but still work! the question is can i just copy the windows files on my unbranded sd card to transfer in 1tb sandisk without installing again on my new sandisk?
It’ll be the microsd because that’s where windows is installed and it’ll be a helluva lot easier than setting your game path to another drive in another location
I successfully did this with no issues. Only curious to see if I take the sd card out to go back to steam os will cause any damage? Other than that everything works great windows 10 definitely is better for me.
I successfully got Windows on my SanDisk EVo SD card but downloaded a game (PC Game Pass) and it takes forever to start then I could even get past the main menu. Is there any way to fix this or is my SD card just not good/fast enough?
Can you still switch to game mode or is it just windows now cause I bought mine used and it was already windows but I didn’t have a clue what to do cause I was watching videos on where they had game mode but mine didn’t
When I brought my desktop computer, it came with a USB flash drive with windows 10 on it to reinstall, by any chance would I be able to use the files on that if I copied them onto the SD rather than download all the files from the internet? Also thank you so much for the tutorial, it’s easy and straight to the point, thanks! :)
you have to either remove the sd card before booting to get into steam os. or press the volume down and power buttons to get back into the boot menu. windows tends to change bios setting to prefer it over other operating systems.
Hi can I revert back my micro sd into a normal one if in case I won't use my micro sd for windows bootup anymore and just use it back for storage only?
Valve will never "officially" support Windows, as they spent a lot of money and time on SteamOS - but they do provide the drivers for Windows at the very least. Installing Windows does not break your warranty or anything, but Valve support won't help you if you try to contact them about it.
I've had my SD for 2 years now, and I have still not done this yet. I'm sick of certain software being hard or impossible to install on Linux, like WeMod, for instance. I like to use trainers for offline or quacked games. I don't really care what people think about that. My deck, my software. Anyway, to be sure, I can boot from the SD card while it's in the Steamdeck's SD Card reader, or do I need to use an external SD Card adapter for that? I'm getting a new 1TB Sandisk MicroSD card next week, to go with my deck. I already have a 2TB NVME installed, which means that I will have a 512GB Samsung Evo card to spare. I might dual boot between the Samsung Evo and the Steam OS. Otherwise, I'll load windows onto the 1TB. If I have games installed onto my NVME, which will boot the SteamOS, can Windows 10, loaded from the MicroSD card, still find games that are on the NVME partition? How well does windows 10 function when installed as a main OS from the NVME? I assume that I can install Windows 10 onto the NVME, replacing the SteamOS entirely, if I choose too?
Well, finallly made it with the oled deck. I just hope bf2042 runs well with the samsung micro sd. Speed it 130mbs. Storage is 500GB. Update: the wifi driver says its installed but wont do shit.
I did windows on an Ss card and all of the drivers and games ran so choppy they were unplayable. Even after going into the bios and changing settings to make it run better. Even in a tiny windowed mode. If anyone has a solution I’ll put windows on an external ssd that I have.
Is there any particular reason why you couldn't use a USB thumb drive rather than a Micro SD card? I don't a Micro SD card reader on my PC and I'd rather not have to buy one...
Very simple and straightforward guide, tells me how to install the OS onto a drive and nothing more. Super useful! Makes the process as easy as possible without fluff. I'm using another video to configure a custom dual boot screen, we'll see how that goes.
Can you put link down here for the other video please thanks
Awesome duel booting to windows can be useful but I think SteamOS has nearly just as much features and games now which is great! Only issue I'd say is with Anti Chest games, hopefully continued support will bring us more of them
No fortnite no deal lol
So annoying modifying games on steam os
You called me a masochist but I have to rebuttal. With the release of Quest 3, Imma try to get Virtual Desktop on the Deck and from there I can have mobile PCVR. For that you need windows, so thanks for the great guide
I do not have the option to "install" in the right click menu for the audio drivers. What should I do? Never mind! I shutdown and booted back into the card after previous installs and the option is now there. Editing my comment rather than deleting in case anyone else gets stuck.
So far this wont work for Steam Deck OLED because it needs sound drivers and stuff right?
I believe there are some unofficial drivers people are using on the OLED until real ones come out. Otherwise, the setup is the same: www.reddit.com/r/WindowsOnDeck/s/llSEP6ipwh
Thanks
@@JasonWitmerYT
It will now
I can't get the apu drivers to work, they get stuck at 74 percent and then the installation of the drivers just crashes
Edit:I fixed it by choosing "Driver only'
correction: the warning in rufus doesnt make you check if you have the correct sd card. it makes sure you actually want to delete everything currently on it
Super straight-forward instructions, thank you!
That looked way easier than what I'd expect. Since SD runs a linux distro, how good is wine at running native windows games? How about old school windows games (dos, 98, xp, etc)? Can you make a video on it if it's possible?
It's actually really good at running most games - it'd be impossible to test all of them of course, haha - but from what I've seen the ones that have the most issues are ones with specific anti cheats. A lot of people see that if a game isnt "Steam Deck Verified" that it won't run, but that's just not true. Proton makes it super easy
Thanks! I like very simple and straightforward!
Hell yeah dude, awesome tutorial with the perfect amount of information. Having all the links for both parts and steps is such a crucial aspect that many forget to consider. Props to you man 🙏
One question that I didn’t see mentioned, what is the minimum size SD card recommended for this?
I would say if you want to install some games, between 64gb-512gb (or 1tb)
@@GLITCHYSKY228 Always leave ~100GB just for windows installation (updates start to take too much space over time) So I would say minimum 128GB (if you are playing indie games/emulators) or 512GB or higher (for games like Warzone, Fortnite, GTA V Online, etc)
Hi, I just did everything about the video but when I install the video driver I get error 1603, could you please help me? I have tried several things but nothing
Sorry, I didn’t create chiaki, you’ll have to check their github for errors. You can also google the error code and see if anyone has had similar issues.
Thanks for the straightforward guide! I just downloaded the windows 11 iso and used rufus for that. Then copied over and installed the drivers as shown. Works flawlessly. I guess maybe borderline specs for Windows 11. But it seems to handle it well for me so far. 4core 8thread in this bad boy.
You're guide was finally the best one I can work with while still maintaining my SteamOS. One question though because I tried to use my PNY 1Tb SD on Rufus but it wasn't recognizable. I settled for for a 256gb SanDisk since I was only paying Call off duty. But I'm already losing space. Has anyone tried this with a 1tb SanDisk SD card yet?
Yep the 1TB Sandisk cards are great
@@JasonWitmerYT that's great. Thanks. Now I need another $200 lol
Brilliant vid. Very straight forward and helpful.
According to Windows terms and services, if you have a device with that size of screen, it does not require activation.
What???? Are you sure? No watermark?
So I have a question. When your in windows, how do you switch back to the steam os? Also nice vid man.
Guessing by just holding volume + and power button and selecting you ssd as boot device
Sorry for this question but will this work with the Oled Steam deck? Also any recommendation on specific sd card brand and size .. 512 good?
I've heard that using a micro sd card for windows kills the sd card. Can you explain? Thanks
I keep getting the blue screen of death soon as as I try to install it I’ve wiped the card twice and re installed windows on it but the same issue . Any ideas?
Where did you get your desktop background from? Thats funky!
Thanks so much. I got Windows 10 working on the Deck!
Thank you. I'll do this probably 2 days later once i get my microsd =)
Update?
Thanks buddy this was very easy to follow❤
Great video we love your explaining things,
I want ask u about your experience, which the best for gaming windows or SteamOS ?
I only play Diablo 4 and overwatch 2.
Now i am using proton to run Diablo 4 on SteamOS.
I’d say if you can make it work on SteamOS, it will be much easier. Only if you 100% can’t run it on SteamOS, then use windows
@@JasonWitmerYT but which is better with your experience for gaming windows or SteamOS?
SteamOS
I've done all the steps to setup the files on my sd card but when I load into the boot manager my SD card doesnt show up, any ideas?
Need to go back and do the steps again, its possible the SD card was formatted incorrectly.
Awesome video sir! Nice and easy for me to understand 10/10
Do I have to use a Keyboard & Mouse during setup?
Yes
you forgot to explain how to switch between one and the other OS. Will we have to hold the volume and power button every time, or will it ask automatically after every shutdown?
I’m not sure, I think it’s likely you’ll have to use the power and volume buttons because the steam deck wasn’t intended for this use but there might be a way to make it automatic who knows 🤷♀️
im gonna paste it here
Dual-Boot with SteamOS not yet available
While Steam Deck is fully capable of dual-boot, the SteamOS installer that provides a dual-boot wizard isn't ready yet. This will ship alongside SteamOS 3 once it's complete.
Great video! This work for oled too?
Dude - this is super good. Many thanks
Once installed, I assume you can also just format your factory internal SSD (the with Steam OS installed) to be a drive for the Windows 10 boot (if you ever want to give up Steam OS)
Though I would recommend reinstalling Windows 10 on the factory drive if you want to use Windows in the long term.
Can't connect to the Internet, it's not showing any networks. I've installed all the drivers from the steam page.
Great advice, is this the best way for me to run destiny 2 on steamdeck?
I get this Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space. The partition is an EFI system partition. The micro sd card is formatted as ntfs but wont install!!!!!!
Same
rufus is not recognizing my sd card Im using the same one as you but mine is the 512gb version. Is there something that you did or am I doing something wrong? Im using my steam deck to install it I put in the sd card slot at the bottom and rufus is still not recognizing it. I also mounted the sd card Ive tried everything please help!
Super helpful thanks for the great vid !
Thank you so much bro. Perfect tutorial.
Can I install games on "that" SD card if ai boot normally without damaging the Win? Or is that whole card/space only usable for Windows?
Windows only, youll break the windows install if you try
Hello, what stpragr does the windows use? Does it use the sd card or the steam deck one?
Thanks for this video bro!
My Deck is saying does not support os when I attempt to install the lan driver
Me too have you found a fix?
same issue here, but i noticed i already have wifi displayed on system tray i dont know why its already installed when it should'nt
Thank you 🫰🏻 Tried with many videos but faced issue everytime 🥲 This was straightforward 👍
When I click the link to download windows 10 it says service unavailable so I googled it and it still said service unavalible so is there anyway i could get a link to the windows 10 download like on mediafile or something?
The links work for me - try another browser.
@@JasonWitmerYTThanks that worked but now it says sorry we don't support this operation system when in open Setup in RTLWlan
Great video thank you this was helpful for me but since i have the OLED i see valve hasn’t released Wifi, Bluetooth, Audio drivers yet 😔😔 damn i hope soon they will, luckily i had a dock with a ethernet port so i had to use that to continue and finish updating but then later for the mean time i tried Qualcomm QCNFA765 wifi driver and it worked i can connect wirelessly
thanks i tried to instal on my 128gb sd card not branded but still work! the question is can i just copy the windows files on my unbranded sd card to transfer in 1tb sandisk without installing again on my new sandisk?
I thought I would never watch this video, but with xbox 360 emulating at a standstill I am really missing playing newer NHL games than 09.
Im guessing this doesn’t work on the oled?
It does!
Thanks! But now the wifi driver can't work.Can you help to deal this problem?
According to Microsoft screens under 9 inches don't need a key to be activated
If you want to download games via steam on windows, do we save it to the microsd or ssd? And if its ssd, how do I do so?
It’ll be the microsd because that’s where windows is installed and it’ll be a helluva lot easier than setting your game path to another drive in another location
I successfully did this with no issues. Only curious to see if I take the sd card out to go back to steam os will cause any damage? Other than that everything works great windows 10 definitely is better for me.
Did you find out
That’s a good question but I wouldn’t presume so, I think if you just take it out it’ll be fine like taking out an external drive
I successfully got Windows on my SanDisk EVo SD card but downloaded a game (PC Game Pass) and it takes forever to start then I could even get past the main menu. Is there any way to fix this or is my SD card just not good/fast enough?
question, can i install game on ssd, when booting on windows sd card?
My sdcard doesn't appear on the installation disk list, just the internal SSD, have any clue about it?
Did you ever solve this? Was also running into this issue
Broo, I've been spending an hour trying to figure this out. still no solution.
Can you still switch to game mode or is it just windows now cause I bought mine used and it was already windows but I didn’t have a clue what to do cause I was watching videos on where they had game mode but mine didn’t
hey love the vid, but the sd card doesn't appear on rufus?
This all sounds great but once I boot into Windows how do I get out? Will the power off and volume down still work?
Yes that should still work.
can it be possible to switch to steam game mode after installing windows program
Will this mess up if you update steam os ?
Nope!
When I brought my desktop computer, it came with a USB flash drive with windows 10 on it to reinstall, by any chance would I be able to use the files on that if I copied them onto the SD rather than download all the files from the internet? Also thank you so much for the tutorial, it’s easy and straight to the point, thanks! :)
If it’s a straight forward windows install, yes! But that might be a recovery flash…
@@JasonWitmerYT thanks and thanks again for the speedy reply, have a nice day! :)
Mine only works the first time i boot after that it just boots into windows without giving me the choice to select what os i want to use
you have to either remove the sd card before booting to get into steam os. or press the volume down and power buttons to get back into the boot menu. windows tends to change bios setting to prefer it over other operating systems.
I plug my hdmi in so i can play on my bigger screen but i have no sound through tv only steamdeck anyway to fix that?
Yeah but this doesnt help me when windows wont instal to the partition on the stock ssd i also dont know how to delete it
can you install windows with a flash drive with destination to my ssd?
Will I lose my steam deck os if i install windows os in it?
After I do this, i can simply download Valorant like normal and it should run okay yeah? Thank you for the video!
i don't see the section where you talk about dual booting the two os...
is there any other ways to get it on oled
Which is best to run for steamdeck windows 10 .. Sandisk extreme 512 A2 or samsung Evo plus 512 A2... Ples tell..bro
Both good, whichever is cheaper
My computer recognizes my sd card as a device but rufus does not. I also reformatted and nothing. Any ideas?
Hello thanks for video. Now in steam page APU driver link doesn't work. Please help, where else i can download APU drivers for LCD version?
Use the oled version one. It is the same
so are these CD keys lagit or gray market keys? will they deactivate my key after a few months because of it reported stolen?
It’s both legit and grey market - but they aren’t stolen at all.
Hi can I revert back my micro sd into a normal one if in case I won't use my micro sd for windows bootup anymore and just use it back for storage only?
Yep! Just reformat it
Dose vavle officially support dual boot now I'm trying to hold out for it offical m
Valve will never "officially" support Windows, as they spent a lot of money and time on SteamOS - but they do provide the drivers for Windows at the very least. Installing Windows does not break your warranty or anything, but Valve support won't help you if you try to contact them about it.
@JasonWitmerYT okay thank you is there any problems with updating to the next Os or van I just do that without worry
No worries at all!
Can I use a micro sd adapter
Do we need a windows device to do this? because you are installing the iso file from a windows pc
I wouldn’t think so, no, as long as you can download the files from any browser on your pc, you should be fine
can u also remove it after? if so how do u do it
would this work on mac?
Fast and easy THANK YOU
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Do I need an active key for windowds? It says I can't upgrade blah blah
You can leave it unactivated if you'd like, but to unlock everything you need a key
was an awesome video. only thing that it needed was the dual boot menu and video would be perfect
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I've had my SD for 2 years now, and I have still not done this yet. I'm sick of certain software being hard or impossible to install on Linux, like WeMod, for instance. I like to use trainers for offline or quacked games. I don't really care what people think about that. My deck, my software.
Anyway, to be sure, I can boot from the SD card while it's in the Steamdeck's SD Card reader, or do I need to use an external SD Card adapter for that?
I'm getting a new 1TB Sandisk MicroSD card next week, to go with my deck. I already have a 2TB NVME installed, which means that I will have a 512GB Samsung Evo card to spare. I might dual boot between the Samsung Evo and the Steam OS. Otherwise, I'll load windows onto the 1TB.
If I have games installed onto my NVME, which will boot the SteamOS, can Windows 10, loaded from the MicroSD card, still find games that are on the NVME partition?
How well does windows 10 function when installed as a main OS from the NVME? I assume that I can install Windows 10 onto the NVME, replacing the SteamOS entirely, if I choose too?
Unfortunately I think I have to do this to play Madden 24 on the deck, thanks man
still doesnt work as of now .. even on windows
@@amari5502 why???
What about just using a usb stick? Will I still need roofus?
Yep
Well, finallly made it with the oled deck. I just hope bf2042 runs well with the samsung micro sd. Speed it 130mbs. Storage is 500GB.
Update: the wifi driver says its installed but wont do shit.
Where did you get that wallpaper?
He got it on a app called wallpaper engine on steam but sadly it costs money
I want to use the Linux based os but it makes no sense to me.
So if do it, I can no longer use the microsd to storage games, right ?
You can if you buy another, and just swap between.
I’m trying to figure out how to do this with only a steam deck
I did windows on an Ss card and all of the drivers and games ran so choppy they were unplayable. Even after going into the bios and changing settings to make it run better. Even in a tiny windowed mode. If anyone has a solution I’ll put windows on an external ssd that I have.
Interesting, I never had that issue. SSD is certainly a better option. Was the SD card old or possibly a slower tier?
Is there any particular reason why you couldn't use a USB thumb drive rather than a Micro SD card? I don't a Micro SD card reader on my PC and I'd rather not have to buy one...
Thumb drives generally aren’t fast or strong enough to run windows, it’s pretty bloated. Even SD card is pushing it
@@JasonWitmerYT fair enough 👍🏻.
bro works great but my dam windows screen is upside down can you help me
What if i dont have a sd
Could I do all this on an ssd card instead of a micro sd card?
You could but it wouldn’t be dual boot then
@@JasonWitmerYT what is dual boot?
@@axing_axel8554being able to switch between windows and steam os. If you install on your primary SSD it would only be used windows and not steam os
Audio and Bluetooth won’t work on oled, any help?
You probably installed the wrong drivers on the steam website, you need to install the ones for the actual OLED drivers,
@@Yoshiwii-gv3ld I did get the right ones, no clue what’s wrong.
@@not_a_fakerr1270 did you get the Apu drivers working, cause on mine it does not work and with no Apu drivers it won't work for some reason
And also you need steam os 3.6.9 I think it is for the Bluetooth
@@Yoshiwii-gv3ld I’ll check later, that was probably the case
Is there any regrets getting windows on the steam deck
my rufus keeps failing
Thanks mate :)
the keyboard doesn’t work for me