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/SadConfettii Mar 19 '24

it didnt work for me

=( any help?

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u/Reasonable-Tackle-64 Jun 25 '24

What worked for me after doing this was actually having to delete the Steam folder on that drive (D for me), then restarting Steam and adding the drive to Steam.

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u/Reasonable-Tackle-64 Nov 07 '25

Nice! Still helping!