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I'm thinking of upgrading my steamdeck today as I got a 2tb drive for Christmas. I'm afraid of losing my games saved data though from my games installed on the sd card. Will I be ok? And is the best method to clone old drive? Do people use the konsole thing or an app?
 
I did the upgrade and it was a breeze. I nearly forgot to take out the SD card despite telling myself I wasn't going to forget haha. Had half the back off before remembering. No harm done. It's now a 2tb steamdeck. Followed this guide...

 
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no_1_dave said:
I'm looking to set it up mainly with emulators and such because the bulk of my gaming will still be on my PC. Is there a guide for the best way to do this?
I've heard people talk about EmuDeck, should I start my search there?
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Yes, start with Emudeck. Also take a look at Decky Loader, as that provides a load of useful tools.

A means of installing non-Steam games will come in handy too. Heroic Launcher (which involves going to Desktop mode to install new Epic/GOG/etc. games) or Junk Store (available via Decky Loader, allows you to install non-Steam games from within gaming mode) are the two most popular options.

If you have Game Pass, Microsoft have a guide on setting up Cloud Gaming on the Deck: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb...eam-deck-43dd011b-0ce8-4810-8302-965be6d53296

You might want to look into Moonlight for streaming your games from your main rig too. It tends to work better than Steam's built-in streaming.

Once you've spent hours setting up all of that, you can then leave it there unused and get on with sinking a few thousand hours into Balatro or Vampire Survivors or Stardew like the rest of us :cry:
 
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Bought a steam deck around 3 weeks ago after waiting to see what Black Friday deals might (or might not) appear. Bit the bullet eventually and shelled out on a 512gb OLED.

So pleased I did, having not played any PC games for years I’m catching up on a few things but also replaying some older titles. I’ve been playing:

- Last of us
- Portal 2
- HL2
- CP2077
- Brotato
- GTA5
- Deus Ex 2
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
- Escape from Monkey Island (have the entire library lined up to play through)
- Thimbleweed park
- Sanitarium
- Detroit: Beyond Human

Some I’ve only ploughed half hour or so into, others I’ve made solid progress.

I’ve also done some retro bits too which is amazing.

I think the pick up and play nature of it is excellent. It is incredibly comfortable to use for long periods (I could never get on with the switch in handheld mode due to the layout and always played it on the TV as a result).

My only gripe is that I purchased a JSaux dock and whilst it connects, every 10-15 seconds the screen goes blank for a second or two and then it resumes. Can’t seem to figure this out and as a result I’ve not played with it connected to the TV.

But all in all, great device!
 
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My only gripe is that I purchased a JSaux dock and whilst it connects, every 10-15 seconds the screen goes blank for a second or two and then it resumes. Can’t seem to figure this out and as a result I’ve not played with it connected to the TV.
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That sounds like a HDMI cable issue. Can you try with another cable?
 
Jimbo said:
I did the upgrade and it was a breeze. I nearly forgot to take out the SD card despite telling myself I wasn't going to forget haha. Had half the back off before remembering.
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Well done for remembering! I lost a 1tb card through forgetting even though I was fully aware about the risk - I just rushed it lol
 
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