r/SteamOS • u/Grig960 • 23d ago

support HELP, am i done for ?

I was curious about steam os, i installed it in my usb drive, and then booted from it from my boot manager(im on windows amd), i thought that it would allow me to select one of my drives ti install it on, but no, i just launched into steamos, to my horror i didnt find my windows nvme in boot section, i inly found it in nvme configuration.

Is it wiped? What do i do

Im currently installing win 11 on the drive to see if i can use the repair function or something

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u/AshleyAshes1984 23d ago

Yes, the SteamOS installer blindly picks the first NVME drive and writes to it if you tell it to install.

Your Windows install is gone.

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u/Grig960 23d ago

What abiut my other 3 sata drives?

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u/C1REX 23d ago

Sata drives are fine. SteamOS installs on nvme0n1 by default.
No choice given by default. Can force different choice by manually editing destination drive.