Same SD card for SteamOS and Windows-To-Go? - eviltoast

I used https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/how-to-install-windows-on-steam-deck to set up Windows-To-Go for a few games that won’t work in SteamOS. It seems to be working fine, but now I wonder if this would work…

I currently have a 1 terabyte SD card that I’m using for SteamOS. I know Linux partitions can be shrunk, so I’d like to shrink it down to half the size. Then I’d clone the partition(s) from the Windows-To-Go SD card to the now-empty space on the 1 terabyte SD card.

I think I’'ll need to clone the Windows partition(s) to the beginning of the drive. So when I make the empty space by shrinking the Linux partition, I’ll create the empty space at the beginning of the drive.

I’ll be using GParted and Clonezilla since I’m used to them.

I have two questions:

  • Will Windows care that the second half of the SD card has a LInux partition? I don’t want/need it to see or read/write to the Linux partition.
  • Will SteamOS still see the Linux partition automatically as if nothing’s changed and just ignore the new Windows partition(s)?
  • Zachariah@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    Final Update:

    I could not successfully clone the Windows partition from one card to another.

    So I’m wiping the card I’ve been using with SteamOS, and I’m installing Windows-To-Go. Then I’ll shrink the partition. Finally, I’ll add a Linux partition in the empty space. I assume SteamOS will like it just fine.