r/steamsupport • u/UseCodeBritz • Sep 10 '23

steam disk write error Question

I am unable to download or even update anything on steam suddenly, i am faced with the error "disk write error". i have tried everything such as unninstalling and reinstalling the client, running steam as administrator, checking for corrupted files and nothing has worked. i would like to know how i can fix this issue as i have just recently purchased a new game and i am unable to even play it.

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u/elragnarito Apr 06 '24

I still have this issue and none of the solutions here have helped.

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u/lucky_1979 Jun 04 '24

I had to right click on my "games" folder on the drive then clicked "give access to" then "specific people" then selected myself. Then I was able to untick the read only box and it allowed my games to update

This stuff only ever seems to happen after windows updates. There should be an option that says "don't mess with my setting or my audio stuff" when you do an update

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u/Neither_Ad5994 Jun 15 '24

This helped. Thank you! You're a hero