How To Install & Format Micro SD Card For The Steam Deck To Have It Show In Storage In Settings-1TB 

Just fyi there are alot of fake SD cards being sold on the web right now that don't work on the steam deck just make sure you get it from a reliable source such as Amazon from Amazon seller 3rd party sellers are likely to be fake I bought one myself tried everything with the steam deck trying to format it etc but would not work

No fluff, no mess, no annoying music....just straight to the point. BUT, you earnt a sub from me for asking to like and subscribe at the END of the video, once we had seen the content. Nice one mate!

You showed what you said you would, and did it efficiently. Thank you for the perfect tutorial video. Keep it up, and thank you again

Put the card in, couldn't see it in storage. This was just what I needed. Thank you for a straight to the point video.

Thanks for this. I was having a hard time finding this, but now my as card is formatted and ready to go. 👍

Straight to the point, much appreciated

Thanks for this video, I got my 1TB micro SD Sandisk Extreme (color gold) for sale from Amazon since I figured it has faster write speeds. I have been using Sandisk brand all the time for other electronic devices so I hope this speedy card will be a good investment for running games.

Just to add to the comments thanking you for your brevity. RU-vid needs more people like you. Thanks again.

Straight to the point. No endless gibberish.

Thanks for the fast and easy to follow guide. I subbed and liked.

Thanks for the video Ima order my steam deck next week and buy a1TB myself it’s not alot of videos actually explaining the simple things but I appreciate this video bro

U earned a sub thank you for this straight on the point video, always remember that. This is awesome

Short and sweet, perfect vid

Thanks bro, that was helpful, i was stuck on formatting for a while so i was freaking out! :)

Perfect video. To the point 👍 Thank you.

Simple & to the point. Thank you 😊

Thank you for the help,did not want to watch those other 20 min video while you get straight to the point.

Thanks for the quick guide!

Thank you mate !!! Nicely done, it helped me a lot :)

thumbs up and subscribed. short and concise. thanks!

Informative video, thanks man!

Right to the point...Thank you Sir!

I have a 512gb sd in my steam deck an I never had an issue with loading times it works great!!!

For those that it didn't work just restart your deck and repeat steps your welcome

Thank you so much for such a great video You life saver 🤩

Thank you, I kept hovering over the "Format SD card" button, thinking it was the internal SD card for my Steam Deck.. So your video helped me confirm I was being foolish lol.

appreciate the help bro, nice instructions

Looks up what should be a 2 min guide max. Scroll past others that are 5min+. Choose this one. Spot on!

Thanks mate, working wonders

Also the simple things are important. Thanks!

I had a similar issue but my SD Card had a TON of stuff already on it. I wasn't goin to move and reformat and move everything back!! lol!!! IF you copy/create the folders that Steam uses for your library into your SD card you can make it detect it as another library. Copy/create the folder structure onto /run/media/YourSDCardName/SteamLibrary/steamapps and then create the subfolders (common, compatdata, downloading, temp, workshop). Then move one game over from my main installation along with the manifest .acf file for that game. I moved it over from my main steamdeck install (ie; /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps). In my case I moved the MeatBoy game over using filezilla and the app manifest .acf for it (just open each one and you'll find the one for the game you choose to use). I actually used filezilla to copy it to my Windows Desktop and then from there back to the SDCard. I restarted the deck, steam detected the files and once it all loaded up, there it was on my storage settings and labeled as a Steam Library I can install to.

Keep’em coming

Simple, thank you :)

Thank you for your help.

Great video thanks man

Cool, thank you, Sir.

Awesome bro

thank you very much

Thanks a lot!

Thank you so much!

Anybody know how to stop steam os from making the sd card the primary drive upon each reboot? I manually set my main ssd to it, but whenever I reboot it goes back to the microsd card having a star on it.

Thank you!

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Thanks !

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how do you format a flash drive , i have a usb c flash drive with 256gb 3.0 speed?

Thanks 😊

Thank you sir

Thanks bro

Thy that helped!

Great, this makes it very easy now for many people.

Thx man

thanks man

AFter you format the sd card can you put back into a windows machine to transfer some files to te sd card ?

I bought a sp 1 tb mirco sd card and when it format it says error i keep trying to format it then it works reads the 1 tb but it won't unmount or work with windows anymore. I have to force the system to unmount it then put it in my switch format it then it works again i have yet to have a successful mount and format not sure what is going on.

Hello my SD tb1 can't format please should i do?or i need internet to format it?

Could you please do battery charging tips for the steam deck

Thanks! Do you have to select the SD card as primary storage?

So it doesn't recognize exFAT? What does the Deck format the cards to? Are they still readable on another computer?

What is the best place and sd card I can get with 1 to 2 terabytes on

I have the Witcher 3 installed but i wanna move it to my sd card. How do I do that? (I just got my steak deck so idk a lot about it)

How would it work if you upgrade your sd card? Like for example have a 64 sd card and then chnage it for a 500 sd card?

Can you use a combined installation from internal ssd and micro ssd to install the same game

Which file system do you format on Windows before plug SD Card to Deck? NTFS or exFAT?

Even after formatting it, it doesn't show in the storage section. However, it does show up in desktop mode. Not sure why.

So I was thinking about getting a 1 TB micro SD how much space would I actually have anybody know

Can you do one with the legion go please

Is there a way I can add my ssd card without having to format it

My sd card won't for at it goes to testing to error I went to system then format SD card but it won't work please help

I bought a 1tb sd and it didn't work. It would be good to see a video where you say that memories are formattable since there are some failures and put the purchase link

I've read people having trouble formatting it, saying it would take 30 mins or an hour, what do you do then?

Let’s be honest here this video should be 1 minute we got games to play here

Please can anyone help me, this only work on the game mode. But when i try to install a game from Lutris/ launchers like ea for example, the storage is set to the ssd that came with my steam which is only 64gb so it wont download. How can i make the micro ssd work on desktop mode?

Thank U like 👍🏻 this this button 😊

Can play games from micro sd?

What should i do when it gives me an error when formatting and it asks me to retry, retried 4 times still not formatted i just get an error message :,(

Can you put the purchase link in the description wonderful video thank you

by installing the micro sd card, you can only store games on it? or can would you be able to play on the microsd? because if i do get the 64 model..

on mine ive a problem testing... formatting and bang strate away Formatting error

I tried this and it gives me an error message saying it’s unable to format and I even bought a 1tb sd card. I have no idea how to fix it.

How do you add non steam games on sd card like epic games etc.

where do i choose what hard drive to install on

Will this work if I have windows installed on my micro sd card? Or will it wipe it?

Where can I purchase a micro sd card (1tb) and how much does it cost ?

My 1tb sandisk ultra does not let me format it?

Cool how do I install a game on my SD card

I have a 400 gb micro sd card, but I’ve used it to download games and emulators on my Windows PC. How could I transfer all my files in the card to the steam deck without having anything deleted or corrupted?

so I wonder why ntfs was not accepted

I have a 512gb and it only shows 468.9gb

Do you have to take off the back for this or no?

niceeeee

won’t let me format 512 gb on game mode

Wait so why do people take apart there steam deck and put the storage card in?

How much is a 2TB?

mines isn't clicking in place its 512 gb sandisk microsd card

My is having a problem

but why so much has to be reserved for the 1tb card that sucks 915.7GB from a fresh 1TB nuts

I thought it was easy. I tried mine and it wouldn’t format so I tried on a laptop and it pooped from existence . Looked up ways to recover but just ordered another and returned the dead one . Fingers crossed

As card no longer works on my computer

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