![]() ![]() Hopefully, you are not reading this because the steps above did not work. It may clear up something that is causing a file lock of some other directory related issue that is preventing steam from being able to perform the task it is trying to do. If you turn off the VPN and try again, it might fix the problem for you. If the client is not expecting the data from this server, it might end up giving you data that isn’t meant to match the data for the game that you currently have installed on the system. Sometimes having a VPN installed can cause Steam to pull the game data from a different server. If you are using a VPN, turn it off and try to install the game again. Now that the bad data is no longer stuck in the cache, the game should install correctly and allow you to play it. Once this is done, you may need to perform the task you performed before to fix the issue and then try to install the game again. To do this, take the following actions.Ĭlick “Steam” in top left of client -> Settings -> Downloads -> Clear Download Cache Clearing the download cache can help you out if the problem is related to a bad update that keeps corrupting the game data and causing the disk write error to happen after you clear it once. Sometimes cached data can become corrupt which will cause the install or update to keep failing over and over due to bad data. If it looks like nothing is happening, you can quit out of this and assume that it is not going to fix the problem for you. ![]() With that being said, this process can sometimes hang. This process can often take some time, particularly if the game is large and you do not have an SSD. Right Click Game In Library -> Properties -> Local Files -> Verify Integrity of Game Files Clicking on the verify integrity of game files will hopefully detect an issue with a game that has already been installed on the system This can happen if there is a bad update install or just some hiccup with your storage like a sudden shutdown. If this game has worked for you in the past and now it is suddenly giving you a disk write error, the install may have become corrupt. You should probably change this directory rather than having to rely on always starting Steam with administrative privileges. If Steam is having a disk write error at this point, then there is probably an issue with the default install directory that you have configured Steam with. This is worth attempting if this is the first game you are trying to install on steam. If this is only happening for one game, then chances are permissions are ok and this will not work. This is unfortunately one of the easier fixes that is more than likely going to work for you. The game was only 1gb so this was a super quick and easy approach to take but I know for those with games nearing 100GB, you might want to find easier alternatives. I then tried to reinstall the game and it worked. This allowed me to uninstall the game and all trace of it was wiped from my PC. I right-clicked on the game and went to Manage->Uninstall. This was what worked for me after attempting quite a few of the methods below. ![]() I will start with the most simple and quick and work down to the more difficult and time-consuming methods. The following steps are all possible ways to repair a broken game install/download. The steps below will outline some methods that you can take to try and resolve the disk write error you get when using the Steam client to install a game. After quite a bit of digging around, I was able to find the cause of the problem and fix it. I went through all of the general debugging steps that you would attempt with any game downloading issues with Steam and nothing seemed to fix the problem. When attempting to try again, this turned into a disk write error every time I tried to download the game again. It started out as an error that had something to do with the directory location. When attempting to download a game on steam recently, I came across an error where It would not allow me to download correctly. ![]()
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