r/SteamOS • u/AccidentUnique141 • 9d ago

help wanted Try to install steam os

Try to install steam os on my pc. Everything goes great until the system asks to reboot. It then reboots into windows. How can I get it to reboot into the newly installed steam?

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u/goodrix 9d ago

Go into BIOS and change the boot drive priority

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u/AccidentUnique141 9d ago

How do I know which drive has steamos on it?

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u/Wave_Race 9d ago

If you installed Steam OS to a drive, that drive should be labelled “SteamOS” in Bios.

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u/AccidentUnique141 9d ago

No drive in bios is labeled steam os. I have gone thru the steps to install steam os using Rufus and every attempt ends in windows.

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u/Wave_Race 9d ago

Just to confirm, do you have Steam OS installed on a separate drive than windows? You can’t partition with Steam OS.

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u/Bigphatdeck 9d ago

Disable secure boot

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u/AccidentUnique141 9d ago

Finally got it installed. Now it is stuck on no networks found. I'm using ethernet

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u/Bigphatdeck 9d ago

That’s what I had to do. That should be fixed in an update at some point but you can use a usb for WiFi ect until then

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u/AccidentUnique141 9d ago

Had to go into command prompt but I was able to get it to recognize ethernet

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u/Bigphatdeck 9d ago

I had to do the same thing.

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u/AccidentUnique141 9d ago

Disabled secure boot. Not sure how to select which drive to install steam os. Just went thru the steps on screen when prompted to install steam os and wipe device and reboot. Then it reboots back into windows

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u/AccidentUnique141 9d ago

Have windows 11 install on a nvme drive

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u/zelman 9d ago

There is no SteamOS installer built for your pc. You are using a disk image built to restore steam decks to factory state. Given that, it will wipe out a drive (and assume there is only one drive) and install SteamOS there. If you want to control which drive that is, you need to physically disconnect all other drives.

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u/AccidentUnique141 9d ago

Was finally able to get it to install and was able to go thru the steps to get Ethernet to work

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u/phoenixgsu 8d ago

Just take the windows drive out before you install steam OS.

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u/AccidentUnique141 8d ago

Was able to finally get it to wipe the drive.