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Corobanto 12 May, 2024 @ 10:02pm
Steam Deck problem with access permissions for my SD card.
My Access Permissions keep changing after I restart or shut down which keeps me from installing games in Gaming Mode to my sd card. I have to go to Desktop Mode and open Dolphin and change the permissions of my removable device (my sd card) and install a game to my sd card in steam while in Desktop Mode. Anyone know why this happens and how to fix it? TIA.
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Corobanto 12 May, 2024 @ 10:07pm 
Games that are already installed on the sd card run fine btw.
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Corobanto 12 May, 2024 @ 10:27pm 
I tried formatting the sd card and I get the following error.

"Format Error

The microSD card failed validation tests and cannot be formatted. Contact your microSD card manufacturer for support."
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Bad 💀 Motha 13 May, 2024 @ 12:05am 
You couldn't just google search: Steam Deck problem with access permissions for my SD card

Tons of helpful info all right there.
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Zef 13 May, 2024 @ 1:16am 
Littterally the first search result on google:

https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmanager/steam-deck-unable-to-format-sd-card.html
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xSOSxHawkens 13 May, 2024 @ 12:57pm 
setup the SD card from inside game mode and then only manage it from inside game mode.
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ReignRoyal 20 Jun @ 9:58pm 
To anyone reading this, what I did to fix this was unmount the sd, reset deck, and then remount it. Sometimes it really is that simple.
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Emma 21 Jun @ 4:42am 
This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.
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