After I downloaded and applyed the latest software update last night I just let it sit there and went to sleep. The next morning I could only boot into Windows.

A while back I installed Windows as dual boot option using this video as a guide: https://youtu.be/ubWPIf2DbvE?si=X9JHrOPgADROK9d7

I can not use Steam OS via the boot manager and I am not sure if it’s only the boot option or if it’s all of Steam OS that disappeared either. Currently I’m installing the official recovery image again to get Steam OS back on my Deck (though I’m sure all my Games and customization efforts will be lost in the process and I had over 300 GB worth of games and many hours of changing my UI and desktop on there R.I.P.).

With that said I don’t think I need any help or advise rn but I am curious to know whether any of you guys had the same problem as me and if you might know if it was really connected to the software update, my dual boot configuration or if it had any other cause I can’t think of at the moment.

    • ChameleonOnReddit@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      damn there’s a subreddit for literally anything huh? well thanks for this, I’ll surely get some useful stuff from here👍

  • Chrispymaster@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Windows likes to override boot managers did your steam os partition really disappear? If not you could have tried reinstalling the steam os bootmanager with an linux bootstick. Because of stuff like this I went with a Windows to go installation on an SD card had no Issues in over a year.

    • ChameleonOnReddit@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Well I’m not a tech expert but someone has made the assumption that the partition might still be on the Deck and just not visible. My original plan didn’t seem to work so I’ll try this.

      Windows on an SD card is an option I wanted to avoid if possible, so I went with sharing the main partition between Steam OS and Windows, but I’m glad it worked out so well for you for so long.

  • iGoByBigE@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    i fix my issue with steps below, no reinstallation needed.

    Start with Steam Deck off.

    Hold Volume + button and power.

    Choose “Boot from file”.

    Select esp/efi/steamos/steamcl.efi.

    Wait until SteamOS boots (there will be a blank screen for some time, but Steam should start after that).

    Go to desktop mode.

    Open Konsole.

    cd SteamDeck_rEFInd chmod +x SteamDeck_rEFInd_install.sh ./SteamDeck_rEFInd_install.sh