Win7/Win8 BIOS installation SteamOS graphic tutorial

SteamOS Express, IT House reported "New SteamOS: Traditional BIOS Computer Becomes Game Player" in the morning, and I also downloaded the new SteamOS image for the first time, installing in Win7, Win8, Win8.1 environment, new SteamOS. Full support for traditional BIOS installation and boot, support for MBR logging.

The IT home below also compiled a graphic tutorial for installing SteamOS on the Windows 8.1 platform. The new SteamOS supports burning DVD installation and Universal USB Installer. In actual use, the new version of the SteamOS system is still in the Beta stage, and the Chinese character support is weak. Therefore, it is recommended that the user prefer the English language to install, which does not conflict with the current Windows Chinese system and supports the dual boot mode.

Test environment: Windows 8.1 64-bit system, SteamOS iso image, local disk divided into a blank partition

SteamOS hardware requirements:

• Intel/AMD 64-bit Processor

• 4GB and larger physical memory

• NVIDIA graphics card (will soon support AMD/Intel graphics card)

• Support UEFI boot mechanism ( The modified version already supports the traditional BIOS)

1. Set the traditional BIOS boot mode: DVD boot or U disk boot.

2, SteamOS installation initial interface, select “Expert install” (Advanced installation mode)

3, select the current system language, region, keyboard, it is recommended to select all English, American keyboard

4, start reading SteamOS image file

5, disk partition: mirror first read this disk often error, generally select "Go Back", select "ldquo; disk partition", Local disk can be recognized normally

6. After selecting “Partition Disks”, continue to the next step

7. At this time, the SteamOS image reads the local disk partition normally.

8, select the previously divided blank partition (Free Space), create a new partition

9, set the partition size and primary partition (Primary)

10, SteamOS will automatically divide Ext4 for the new partition Diary system, the next step

11, back to the disk partition interface, select “Finish partitioning and write change to disk& Rdquo;, write the new partition to the system

12, the prompt data will be destroyed, whether to return. Select, No, go to the next step

13, start writing, will prompt to install other desktop components in the middle, all check, continue to install

14, the last step, SteamOS will automatically identify the local disk Other Windows systems, prompted to write Grub to the local disk MBR record, add a boot.

▲Select Yes, you can use dual boot and other functions

At this time, the SteamOS system has been installed, you can remove the DVD installation disk or U disk and other media.

15, SteamOS installed, will automatically restart, there will be three boot guides, SteamOS, SteamOS recovery mode and the previous Windows8 system.

16, select the first item, load SteamOS, read a long string of character code

17, SteamOS welcome interface, the system initial user and password are steam

18, enter the SteamOS desktop

19, run the Steam service: use Alt + F2, call up the run window, enter steam, load and enable the steam service

20, steam service user agreement , accept, continue to the next step

21, at this time, SteamOS will automatically download 213MB Steam client program

22, you can log in to Steam network platform

23, click In the upper right corner, the “Big Picture” option will allow you to enter the new version of the SteamOS game interface: Mall, Game Library, Community
▲In addition to the three functions, the new OS also joins the Web browser and can access other websites
▲SteamOS also supports offline mode

The above is the traditional BIOS computer device installation experience SteamOS whole process, the whole installation process is very concise, and supports MBR records, boot local Win7, Win8 and other systems, Recommended for advanced users.