Thanks for the tip. Definitely less of a hassle than the rEFInd setup is. Steam os updates kept breaking it for me and decided to give this way a shot now.
When I got to the part your supposed to boot into steam OS I only had the option for windows. I looked into the files on my internal drive and steam OS is still on it
Hm, I don't understand. I have windows 10 installed on an Sd card and did the scripts in the konsole, but it says it can't boot into windows for some reason. Help?
Go to the windows folder in the clover folder on your home partition. I think there’s a conf file that will tell you if a windows boot efi is mounted. If it’s not, then go back on windows and do the cmd command again. If that doesn’t change anything then try and reinstall it.
Wow, thank you for such a nice compliment! This is somewhat new to me, but I am enjoying it. I have not thought about making how to books, but I am considering publishing more instructional content on the web as well.
So all of this worked for a while, and I chose to install clover. Clover worked great for a few days. But now suddenly all it will allow me to do it boot up windows. I cannot even bypass clover in the volume/power button option to try to open steam os. And every time I select to open steam OS, it acts like it is about to open, but then reboots to the main clover menu showing the steam os and windows buttons. I am now completely blocked from accessing steam os on my steam deck. Do you have any ideas on how I can fix this? I don't even have the option to uninstall clover because I have no access to open steam os at all. When I use the volume/power button combo and select steam os, it only boots into into clover's main menu again.
On mine the windows icon is missing in clover screen, so i can choose only SteamOs, and i have always to go in bios setting for loading windows OS Windows Os is in SD card.
I got it to work but when it load I get 3 options: Steam OS, Windows Internal SSD & Windows external ssd/micro sd. I have windows on the micro sd but not on the ssd idk why it shows that but everything else works as advertised.
The Konsole literally warns you about this. It shows a blank space for privacy reasons, but it's there don't worry. I know I'm replying almost a year later, but I felt like commenting anyway.
This is great, and works really smoothly, thank you. Quick question, if I was to get a new Steam Deck, could I lift the ssd with the dual boot and put it in the new steam deck and it would just work…? Thanks again!
Awesome! Thanks for the quick response! Def gonna give this a chance since the uninstall process is so easy. 🤞maybe official dual boot will be a thing soon
My clover boot manager lost after windows update. It just automatically boots into windows. I already tried the VOLDOWN + POWER and VOLUP + POWER. It still doesnt fix automatically.
Hi i have three sds separate for ext4, Batocera and windows, after going through this process are any more steps required, will menu change on its own even if no sd card inside
I have my steam deck dual booted using clover , windows on a micro sd card and steam on the intrernal, what happens if i take the SD card out containing win11 and restart my deck? will it just automatically boot into steam os? im just wondering in case i forget to put that sd card back in my deck before restarting etc
@@baldsealionhey bro, when i try to uninstall clover instead of asking for my password it says “no such file directory” i even tried trashing the folder and clover is still working
So for this to work i need to install windows first ? Because atm i have steamos only or i just need to install window microsd right? Because steamos is on device already?
Yes this video assumes you have windows installed already and just want to set up the custom dual boot menu. One of the first videos on my channel is “easy dual boot” which shows you how to set up windows
So you have 3 operating systems currently? It will detect SteamOS, other Linux distros, windows, batocera and ventoy. Doesn’t matter if they are on the same ssd, micro sd or external usb
What Linux distro? I have it hardcoded to detect Fedora, Ubuntu, Kali as this are the common ones. I use Fedora myself. Let me know if its other than these 3 and i can add it on the next update
bro a question why do i see 3 icons on the dual boot startup? windows works steamos works dual bot driver works its awesome but its another icon with wwindowds that dosent work and if i pusshh it i need to restart the steam deck how can i get rid of that icon ?
Did you ever reinstall windows before? Sounds like clover is seeing another boot partition for windows - this is typical if you didn’t remove it when reinstalling.
@@baldsealion never its the first time when i instaled it on the steam deck its fine i dont mind another icon seeing there but i was curios why becuase i didnt find any answer
@@rila9281 is your Windows install on sdcard / ext ssd? If it is, the extra icon is for the custom splash screen which is for Windows on internal ssd. I need to update the script so it detects if Windows is on microsd / ext ssd and not show the extra icon. I'll have it on the next update
Hi ! Can it boot automaticaly and quickly to steamos but if i press d-pad the menu shows up and i can select windows ? And did you try tiny10 ? Because i did and the audio drivers won't work
I've got a dual boot setup on my oled, with windows and steam running on partitions, sharing 2tb internal storage. And batocera in the sd slot. I really want to be able to use clover over refind, due to the messing about you have to do on refind when steam updates. But I can't find any kind of fix for how batocera changes the boot preference from clover to straight into batocera upon boot, each time batocera is used. Leaving me having to manually boot into steam os after every batocera launch, in order to restore clover. I'm not too savvy with Linux, and have only got my steam deck set up through watching videos from channels such as this (very much appreciated). If anyone knows of a permanent fix for this issue, please let me know. 🙏👍
@@alenezi989a3how does game pass work on it? I saw the rog ally and I’m now considering getting that and selling my deck because it looks like a game pass machine
@michaelpeticca2972 yes it does, I downloaded Windows on an SD card and I can boot it up from there, you search on youtube on how to do that, it requires some work especially for the controls to work, but now for me atleast it works fine, I can switch between Steam OS and windows whenever I want.
Thanks for the tip. Definitely less of a hassle than the rEFInd setup is. Steam os updates kept breaking it for me and decided to give this way a shot now.
Thank you so much! Saves so much time than having to go to boot menu all the time.
When I got to the part your supposed to boot into steam OS I only had the option for windows. I looked into the files on my internal drive and steam OS is still on it
Hm, I don't understand. I have windows 10 installed on an Sd card and did the scripts in the konsole, but it says it can't boot into windows for some reason. Help?
I did everything right but the boot loader wont detect windows for some reason. Just gives me SteamOS as the only option.
Go to the windows folder in the clover folder on your home partition. I think there’s a conf file that will tell you if a windows boot efi is mounted. If it’s not, then go back on windows and do the cmd command again. If that doesn’t change anything then try and reinstall it.
This has got to be one of the or The best informative steam deck guides ive ever came across. Youve earned my sub. Thanks 🔥
Have you thought about also making how to books? You’re pretty knowledgeable and resourceful
Wow, thank you for such a nice compliment! This is somewhat new to me, but I am enjoying it. I have not thought about making how to books, but I am considering publishing more instructional content on the web as well.
I feel like vids are more helpful
@@n0tl3vi true especially for the ones who are visual learners
Yeah !! it's working fine, thanks for the video
Thorough, direct and straight to the point. Nice video. 👍
thank you ☺
Add a full commands in the description. Cool that we can use Default option to boot in Clover.
windows dont show up when i start booting...only steam os in there...
Me too. Windows on sd card.
Thank you very much for this sir. Might try this soon.
The menu works perfectly fine but clover doesn’t seem to detect my sd card with windows on it. Also, I can’t seem to find a fix anywhere on the web.
So all of this worked for a while, and I chose to install clover. Clover worked great for a few days. But now suddenly all it will allow me to do it boot up windows. I cannot even bypass clover in the volume/power button option to try to open steam os. And every time I select to open steam OS, it acts like it is about to open, but then reboots to the main clover menu showing the steam os and windows buttons.
I am now completely blocked from accessing steam os on my steam deck. Do you have any ideas on how I can fix this? I don't even have the option to uninstall clover because I have no access to open steam os at all. When I use the volume/power button combo and select steam os, it only boots into into clover's main menu again.
If you never got that fixed, just boot from file. Should be a steamos boot file in your esp volume. If it’s not there then you gotta reimage
I think they mention some fix in the GitHub page since Windows sometimes hijacks the boot process. I would check there.
Thanks for the help!
Nice video im going to need to try this out :)
On mine the windows icon is missing in clover screen, so i can choose only SteamOs, and i have always to go in bios setting for loading windows OS
Windows Os is in SD card.
I got it to work but when it load I get 3 options: Steam OS, Windows Internal SSD & Windows external ssd/micro sd. I have windows on the micro sd but not on the ssd idk why it shows that but everything else works as advertised.
Known issue it only happens when Windows is on sdcard / microsd. Next update will get this fixed
I dont have the folder of clover...what i need to do?
I'm stuck on the password.. I can't type when ask for new password.. what do I do?
It just won’t look like it’s typing anything, but it is
The Konsole literally warns you about this.
It shows a blank space for privacy reasons, but it's there don't worry. I know I'm replying almost a year later, but I felt like commenting anyway.
How do I fix a broken windows instalation
Have a guide for someone with only Win 10 and Batocera? I no longer have Steam OS installed(win 10 on main drive, Batocera on SD card
Is there away to change the icons and background image for the dual boot menu?
Very niceeee tutorial
my first dual boot launcher hahah ty brother , i wonder if i install batocera would it show automatically too ?
tmksss dude works fine !!
Thank you
How can I remove the clover gui ?
can you use this method with SteamOS and batocera ... no windows
do i need to do anything different if i try to do this with another linux OS instead of windows ?
Wow nice
I got clover but I don't see Windows :(
Please help!!How uninstall?
It's in the GUI menu of Clover - see Question 8 from the official Github: github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeck-Clover-dualboot#faq--troubleshooting
@@baldsealion thank you so much 👍
This is great, and works really smoothly, thank you. Quick question, if I was to get a new Steam Deck, could I lift the ssd with the dual boot and put it in the new steam deck and it would just work…? Thanks again!
Does it prompt you to select where clover installs windows? What if I want it installed on an ssd rather than the internal memory or sd
It will automatically detect micro sd or external installs of windows, the setup process on the Linux side is the same here.
Awesome! Thanks for the quick response! Def gonna give this a chance since the uninstall process is so easy. 🤞maybe official dual boot will be a thing soon
My clover boot manager lost after windows update. It just automatically boots into windows. I already tried the VOLDOWN + POWER and VOLUP + POWER. It still doesnt fix automatically.
You booted into SteamOS ? The automatic fix is if you boot into SteamOS, not windows. If it doesn’t work, try reinstalling clover in SteamOS.
@@baldsealion okay will try to reinstall.
I’m planning on doing this but is there a tutorial on how to uninstall if I ever want to remove this?
At the end I show how to uninstall it. Check the time stamps.
Hi i have three sds separate for ext4, Batocera and windows, after going through this process are any more steps required, will menu change on its own even if no sd card inside
The menu will change on boot each time depending on what is connected.
I have my steam deck dual booted using clover , windows on a micro sd card and steam on the intrernal, what happens if i take the SD card out containing win11 and restart my deck? will it just automatically boot into steam os? im just wondering in case i forget to put that sd card back in my deck before restarting etc
It’ll just bring you to the clover UI since that’s set to boot automatically.
thank you i eventually figured it out lol
@@anon668
Does it automatically pick up the operating systems that you put on the internal drive? Like windows and steam?
Yes
@@baldsealionthanks for the response!. Subbed.
What password by ryanrudolf?
if I have batocera on my sd card? how do I include that to the clover boot menu?
It should automatically detect batocera
@@baldsealionhey bro, when i try to uninstall clover instead of asking for my password it says “no such file directory” i even tried trashing the folder and clover is still working
Nvm i figured it out you need to uninstall from the toolbox first
I cant seem to find my toolbox, how else dan I uninstall?
its on the des
desktop
So for this to work i need to install windows first ? Because atm i have steamos only or i just need to install window microsd right? Because steamos is on device already?
Yes this video assumes you have windows installed already and just want to set up the custom dual boot menu.
One of the first videos on my channel is “easy dual boot” which shows you how to set up windows
@@baldsealion thank you, i will check that out
@Bald Sealion Productions heter another question when I doing frist cmd I getting access is denied on global setting is there something I do wrong.
@@morfues3492 you need to run command prompt as administrator
Question, so i will be able to have steam OS & Linux as well as windows 11?
So you have 3 operating systems currently? It will detect SteamOS, other Linux distros, windows, batocera and ventoy. Doesn’t matter if they are on the same ssd, micro sd or external usb
What Linux distro? I have it hardcoded to detect Fedora, Ubuntu, Kali as this are the common ones. I use Fedora myself. Let me know if its other than these 3 and i can add it on the next update
NIce Job, Thanks!
bro a question why do i see 3 icons on the dual boot startup? windows works steamos works dual bot driver works its awesome but its another icon with wwindowds that dosent work and if i pusshh it i need to restart the steam deck how can i get rid of that icon ?
Did you ever reinstall windows before? Sounds like clover is seeing another boot partition for windows - this is typical if you didn’t remove it when reinstalling.
@@baldsealion never its the first time when i instaled it on the steam deck its fine i dont mind another icon seeing there but i was curios why becuase i didnt find any answer
@@rila9281 is your Windows install on sdcard / ext ssd? If it is, the extra icon is for the custom splash screen which is for Windows on internal ssd. I need to update the script so it detects if Windows is on microsd / ext ssd and not show the extra icon. I'll have it on the next update
@@retrogamerdad5005 Any estimate when that will come out? It's slightly annoying lol.
@@Atlas_966 sometime next week. I only got aware when I read that comment and figured out what is causing it
Hi ! Can it boot automaticaly and quickly to steamos but if i press d-pad the menu shows up and i can select windows ? And did you try tiny10 ? Because i did and the audio drivers won't work
I've got a dual boot setup on my oled, with windows and steam running on partitions, sharing 2tb internal storage. And batocera in the sd slot.
I really want to be able to use clover over refind, due to the messing about you have to do on refind when steam updates.
But I can't find any kind of fix for how batocera changes the boot preference from clover to straight into batocera upon boot, each time batocera is used. Leaving me having to manually boot into steam os after every batocera launch, in order to restore clover.
I'm not too savvy with Linux, and have only got my steam deck set up through watching videos from channels such as this (very much appreciated).
If anyone knows of a permanent fix for this issue, please let me know.
🙏👍
Any help pls
I got thu.. just can't see the letters and numbers
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A question, why would you want Windows on the Steam Deck? It already has a superior operating system on board, with more hardware support.
Game compatibility
Because a lot of games still don't work on Linux.
My only reason is Xbox app, I have alot of games on game pass.
@@alenezi989a3how does game pass work on it? I saw the rog ally and I’m now considering getting that and selling my deck because it looks like a game pass machine
@michaelpeticca2972 yes it does, I downloaded Windows on an SD card and I can boot it up from there, you search on youtube on how to do that, it requires some work especially for the controls to work, but now for me atleast it works fine, I can switch between Steam OS and windows whenever I want.