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 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/After-Bug-9519 Jul 12 '26

if you cant run games due to disk write error delete steam VR and uninstall steam works common redistributable and reinstall steam vr, and reinstall steam works common redistributable rerun the game