alexbach Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Hello! My Oxygen Not Included was updating when it came across and error. In the downloads page, it says "Steam Disk Write Error." Can anyone tell what is wrong? I tried to search the error and they are saying to re-download the game. I don't want to do it. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley4ever Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 I guess you don't want to lose your save files. All of them are located here : C:\Users\"username"\Documents\Klei\OxygenNotIncluded\save_files Back them up somewhere else, reinstall the game and put the saves back in their original folder. You shouldn't lose anything if you proceed this way. But if you had an error like this, I suggest you check if there's a problem with your hard drive... you never know. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1109781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbach Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 15 hours ago, Ainsley4ever said: I guess you don't want to lose your save files. All of them are located here : C:\Users\"username"\Documents\Klei\OxygenNotIncluded\save_files Back them up somewhere else, reinstall the game and put the saves back in their original folder. You shouldn't lose anything if you proceed this way. But if you had an error like this, I suggest you check if there's a problem with your hard drive... you never know. Hi, thanks for reaching out. I have tried this as you suggested, but it didn't work. What are you saying about the Hard Drive? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1110392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharraShimada Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Okay... your drive may be full. Check this first, because its the easy way. It could be a permission problem, so steam is no longer allowed to write to this folder. Was there a windows patch in between the last patch and the current one? And yes, it could be a first sign, your hard drive goes the way of all mortal beeings soon. You may run checkdisk. If it finds problems, you should make a complete backup (you should already have such a thing btw...) and get a new hard drive soon. If a drive starts to loose clusters because they are broken, the problem will spread... fast. What about other games? Do they install and patch normal? Are they located on the same hard drive? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1110404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crypticorb Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 If the hard drive is having physical problems and you need to replace it, I'd HIGHLY recommend getting a solid state drive. They've come way down in price in the last few years, and they are the number one upgrade you can give your computer, bar none. SSDs will speed up your boot time, read/write data times, reduce lag, and greatly assist with CPU load as your processor doesn't have to wait or work as hard to access data. You can upgrade RAM, a new CPU, better heatsinks, all sorts of stuff, but the most cost effective upgrade possible is an SSD for the instant upgrade it applies to all other parts of the computer. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1110437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
psusi Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 46 minutes ago, crypticorb said: If the hard drive is having physical problems and you need to replace it, I'd HIGHLY recommend getting a solid state drive. I had one of those for a while until it randomly started swapping what data was in what sector around. I certainly won't touch an OCZ drive again, but from what I've read, no manufacturers have really figured out how to correctly implement the flash translation layer. That's why I just got 3 WD blues and set them up in a mixed raid10/raid5. Good speed, and can handle one drive failing without any loss. They were also quite cheap. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1110470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crypticorb Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 7 minutes ago, psusi said: I had one of those for a while until it randomly started swapping what data was in what sector around. I certainly won't touch an OCZ drive again, but from what I've read, no manufacturers have really figured out how to correctly implement the flash translation layer. That's why I just got 3 WD blues and set them up in a mixed raid10/raid5. Good speed, and can handle one drive failing without any loss. They were also quite cheap. I get the feeling that most people don't have the capability to make a raid10, though that certainly would compete with an SSD in price and reliability, but probably not speed, unless it were a 10,000rpm drive. The top answer to this question very concisely and accurately describes my viewpoint on SSDs vs HDDs, I cannot think of any points that this one comment doesn't cover quite well. I'll post it here, credit goes where it is due. https://superuser.com/questions/834521/is-there-still-a-reason-to-choose-a-10-000-rpm-hard-drive-over-an-ssd Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1110480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
psusi Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 18 minutes ago, crypticorb said: I get the feeling that most people don't have the capability to make a raid10, though that certainly would compete with an SSD in price and reliability, but probably not speed, unless it were a 10,000rpm drive. The top answer to this question very concisely and accurately describes my viewpoint on SSDs vs HDDs, I cannot think of any points that this one comment doesn't cover quite well. I'll post it here, credit goes where it is due. https://superuser.com/questions/834521/is-there-still-a-reason-to-choose-a-10-000-rpm-hard-drive-over-an-ssd Heh, nice answer. I had a pair of 10,000 rpm scsi seagate drives in a raid0 back around 1999 and they sure were loud. Around 2002 I had a pair of their 15,000 rpm scsi drives in a raid0 in my dual Athlon MP system and boy was that fast ( and loud ). As for the raid of HDDs vs SSD, it is more reliable since it can handle one drive failing ( and doesn't have glitches in the flash translation layer ). Which is faster depends on whether you are talking random access times or sequential throughput. The SSD will win the random access but the raid array will be about even or slightly better on sequential throughput. Also capacity of course. After the corruption that SSD gave me I figured I'd like to have the reliability and capacity of the RAID over super fast random access times. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1110494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
crypticorb Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, psusi said: Heh, nice answer. I had a pair of 10,000 rpm scsi seagate drives in a raid0 back around 1999 and they sure were loud. Around 2002 I had a pair of their 15,000 rpm scsi drives in a raid0 in my dual Athlon MP system and boy was that fast ( and loud ). As for the raid of HDDs vs SSD, it is more reliable since it can handle one drive failing ( and doesn't have glitches in the flash translation layer ). Which is faster depends on whether you are talking random access times or sequential throughput. The SSD will win the random access but the raid array will be about even or slightly better on sequential throughput. Also capacity of course. After the corruption that SSD gave me I figured I'd like to have the reliability and capacity of the RAID over super fast random access times. One thing you haven't considered: laptops. There's typically no space for a raid of any type, and power consumption and memory/CPU usage are at a premium, so having an SSD gives an incredible advantage. As a bonus, SSDs are immune to being dropped or magnets, and my 500gb Samsung SSD has survived one destroyed laptop and outlived another's standard lifespan. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1110497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
babba Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Havent experienced any problems with SSDs in the last 10 years. The last time I remember drive faults...The was the time where ibm experimented writing on to glass platters, something like 15 years ago. The table tennis stand was **** and wobbly, so we placed it on to a gazzilion faulty ibm deskstar drives. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1110514 Share on other sites More sharing options...
psusi Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 1 hour ago, babba said: Havent experienced any problems with SSDs in the last 10 years. The last time I remember drive faults...The was the time where ibm experimented writing on to glass platters, something like 15 years ago. The table tennis stand was **** and wobbly, so we placed it on to a gazzilion faulty ibm deskstar drives. I started getting random filesystem corruption on my OCZ Vertex and when I looked into it with debugfs, it turned out random data from things like text files that were stored elsewhere on the disk magically appeared in sectors that were supposed to hold directory entries. After the second or third time that happened, I took the drive out of service. I've also read studies that say that almost all SSDs corrupt the flash translation layer on power fail, causing things like data that had previously been overwritten to reappear, and all sorts of other nasty stuff that will ruin your filesystem's day. As a result, I avoid them now. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1110597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainsley4ever Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 8 hours ago, alexbach said: What are you saying about the Hard Drive? I'm not an expert in this field... All the other people here have already answered much better than anything I could say, and will help you much more than I can. Sorry if I confused you with what I said before. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1110705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blash365 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Just as further input: you can also revalidate your steam files. properties -> local files -> verify integrity of game files This might also repair some of your broken files. It also should leave your savegames unharmed (but better be safe than sorry). Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1110766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonfrye Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Hey, I think you already have the solution to most of your problems here. As @SharraShimada and @crypticorb suggested, you should check for your hard disk for any error first. If you're still facing any issue in the Steam App, then maybe try this fix for Steam Disk Write Error. There's an article on Steam Community as well. Hope this helps. https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2274-IFLV-5334 Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1112581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechaNoire Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I think I remember having that error for a different game, i just turned off my anti-virus and tried to update again and it worked. Maybe try that? Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1113216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
magei Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I get that error on quite alot of games, It's when the download is trying to install a security key, Do a quick google for the error, Usually I just tell it to keep updating and odd game might need it a few times but it'll continue to update/install Fix #2 will probably sort your problem out, Much cheaper than getting a new drive when it's most likely never going to be a drive issue unless you are careless https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager-software/fix-steam-disk-write-read-error.html I'll be doing it my self if I see the error again (Been a while!) Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1113249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexbach Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 On 11/9/2018 at 3:13 PM, devonfrye said: Hey, I think you already have the solution to most of your problems here. As @SharraShimada and @crypticorb suggested, you should check for your hard disk for any error first. If you're still facing any issue in the Steam App, then maybe try this fix for Steam Disk Write Error. There's an article on Steam Community as well. Hope this helps. https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2274-IFLV-5334 Hi, Thanks for solutions everyone. This really worked for me. Thanks a ton. Link to comment https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/97989-facing-a-steam-disk-write-error/#findComment-1114733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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