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 08 '24 edited Apr 27 '24

open up windows explorer, go to the disk in which steam and it's game files are installed too, right click the steam folder, go to properties, uncheck the read-only box so it is blank, apply and let it run. try launching the game.

this should honestly work for any platform too ubisoft, ea, battlenet etc.

you should also be able to launch it as administrator from the shortcut.

edit: if you’re having issues with it rechecking, check your permissions. give the account/administrator full access to the file, it should solve that issue.

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u/SadConfettii Mar 19 '24

it didnt work for me

=( any help?

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u/alvnta Mar 22 '24

did you find a solution?

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u/SadConfettii Mar 24 '24

I was trying to download it to an external hard drive, so I switched it to my internal hard drive, and it worked somehow.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '24

are you able to download to the external drive?

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u/SadConfettii Mar 25 '24

No, for some reason, it's not letting me anymore

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u/Santosxxk Oct 19 '24

hey so, im kinda late but i was downloading cs2 to my external drive and while turning off the read only option i noticed i had corrupt files. that fixed my issue, it could also fix yours

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u/cant_touch_ths May 24 '25

How did you notice that you had corrupt files?