Heres how to clone your SSD for an easier upgrade.
On the PC, were going to use Macrium Reflect to clone the old SSD onto the new one.
Register and create aMacrium Reflectaccount and download the free trial as it has everything you need for this process.
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Copy your registration code, click onDownload Trialon the Home version, and initiate the setup.
First, remove your Steam Decks old SSD.
Since the Steam Deck uses a 2230-size SSD, you most likely wont be able to screw it down.
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Now, turn on your PC and open up Macrium Reflect.
Select your old Steam Deck SSD in the drives list and click onImage this disk…below it.
It will ask you where you want to store your image file.
I chose to make a new folder so that I would remember where to get it from later.
Name your backup image and click OK until it starts creating the image file.
My 64GB SSD only took about five minutes.
This method is faster as it’ll do the cloning in one step.
This will open up the disk manager.
Look for your new SSDit should be black if it hasnt been used before.
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Right-punch it and selectConvert to GPT Disk.
The GPT partitioning scheme is what SteamOS works best with, so its best to use that.
A pop-up will appear, allowing you to choose where you want to restore the image to.
Click onSelect a disk to restore to…, and choose your new SSD.
Click onCopy partitions> Exact Offset and Length.
This will visualize the partitions on the new SSD.
Click onNextuntil theFinishbutton is clickable.
This will start pasting the image onto the new SSD.
It can take a while depending on how big the whole operation is.
If SteamOS somehow cannot be found, shut down your Steam Deck and go to the BIOS.
you might open up the BIOS by holding down the volume up button and the power button.
SelectBoot from file> eps > efi > steamos > steamcl.efi.
We hope this guide has made it easier for you to upgrade your SSD.
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