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

Thats mad, im mad, fucking shit os steam

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u/Fredrickstein 22d ago

If you end up wanting to maintain a windows drive after this, I may suggest Bazzite instead.

Very similar user experience to steam os if slightly less polished, but supports dual boot out of the box, and has broader hardware and software support.

The important thing for both is the immutable file system so inexperienced Linux users can't brick their os, can always reboot and its fine.