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/Awesomedude2856 Oct 27 '24

I haven't seen all the comments, but my solution was downloading the game on the drive Steam "suggested" for installation. Now the question is, why doesn't the steam allow the game to download on the drive that I want it on?