You could creating an image of the drive under Linux, using dd. Then the recovery could be attempted on the image (assuming it does not contain sensitive data and can be shared).

For your information, in case your curious, a similar interface (that I use) is: https://cowlark.com/fluxengine/doc/building.html

In my case this is good news as I used to play with my daughter which is using it on an Android tablet. And it’s always good to keep an eye on her as I play her games with her!

That is really good - I have recently setup something similar with a Cypress CY8CKIT-059 development board and I have to say it almost brought tears to my eyes when I started read data from my old floppy disks on my Steam Deck…

The Deck has become my main pc since months now. When I want to play, it’s just perfect as it has been designed for that (and yes, I do agree with the many comments about playing on the couch or bed).

But when I need to do something non-gaming related I boot from a dedicated SD card with WinasapOS where I have a full and unlocked linux OS on which I can install and run everything I need. I even occasionally run a Windows 10 VM from there when I needed to flash some peripheral’s firmware.

The Steam Deck is a quite decently powerful machine for its price, so why don’t use all its potential?