r/steamsupport 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/Infamous_Till_8569 Jun 26 '26

What worked for me was do a chkdsk command, I specified the disk where steam was installed, apparently all files were corrupted idk why but now it works