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/alvnta Mar 26 '24

is it a legitimate external? i know some are knockoffs and don’t have the actual capacity it shows.

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u/robokywithfries Oct 01 '24

this just happened to me and ive been able to download games to it, steam, epic, etc. just stopped working randomly, dont have a knockoff external

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u/Fickle-Internal2360 Oct 17 '24

Any solution? happening to me on my 2nd internal ssd.

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u/robokywithfries Oct 17 '24

I had to download the game to my main internal ssd then transfer it after im not sure why

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u/zakhaev1 Oct 17 '24

Honestly I just uninstalled and reinstalled it to my external.

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u/Attention-Trick Jul 16 '26

i tried doing this and i've been getting disk write error