DISK READ ERROR

[ClericMan]

What the hell is happening. It is happening to me more often in this game and this game only after big patch/update - DISK READ error on steam while updating WT - anyone any idea ??
May I add that it is only happening in WT, no other game

[French Cat]

I think that’s an issue on your disk.

[PaThWaYs345]

Originally posted by French Cat:

I think that’s an issue on your disk.

Honestly probably not, this game always gives me issues and no other game does, newest one is no direct x installed and thats definitely not he problem, there update process is poor. Always works a day or 2 later.

[Torchfire]

Not sure if this is related, but I had to restart download for DOOM multiple times when I got it about a day ago, as it kept giving me "Connection Timed Out" error.
It did go through eventually.

[Bob]

A random question how old is your SSD or HDD? and have you been using for many years?

[Toblm]

A disk read error is by definition more likely to be an issue with the disk than anything to do with the software that is or is not going on that disk.

But since all evils in the world are Gaijins fault I'm sure no one will notice this one being added too.

[Jaes]

That means you need to do a disk check and look into getting a back up storage device sooner rather than later. I would also run a System File Checker to check any faults in Windows.

[FizzyElf]

Originally posted by ClericMan:

What the hell is happening. It is happening to me more often in this game and this game only after big patch/update - DISK READ error on steam while updating WT - anyone any idea ??
May I add that it is only happening in WT, no other game

A disk read error means that the drive (SSD, Hard Drive, Flash drive, etc) is failing to access and/or provide the data written to it to the rest of your computer, essentially think of it like reading a novel a few times and then on you 6th or 7th time reading it, a whole chapter is blank or the words are jumbled up or the text is smeared etc, there was at one point perfectly legible words, data, there but that is no longer the case now.

With it being primarily WT causing the issue that implies to me that something the computer is trying to read while running WT is screwed up and thus causing a disk read error. You can check for the health of the drive if you would like using a service called: "Crystal Disk Info" it and services like it are used by IT and random people on the internet to inspect basic drive health and see if there is anything wrong before taking a deep dive to find the root cause of the problem, for example a bad sector (the chapter of the book that is screwed up for example).

WT itself did not cause the issue but it is very possible that something the computer is trying to read while attempting to run WT is now busted and you'll have to figure out what exactly it is. I would use Crystal Disk to inspect the health of the drive first and then move forward from there.

AND BACK UP ANY PHOTOS OR IMPORTANT DATA YOU HAVE TO A NEW DRIVE NOW. I realize that you are only seeing problems when running WT but that doesn't nessarily mean that the data for WT is busted, it could be that the data for the computer to understand an instruction set/program is busted and the computer is calling up that data when WT creates the need for something to be read that is reliant on data the computer has stored elsewhere on the drive (technically speaking this can also happen with multiple drives and the computer trying to pull data from them where one drive has a bad sector or something else wrong with it and the infinite number of other drives you have plugged in are perfectly fine. It can turn into a needle in a hay stack situation.) but you want to cover your ass in case there is something seriously wrong that could lead to you losing those photos and any important documents you have saved to the drive.

Also start putting up posts on reddit, look for PC and IT discussion forums and post your question there as you'll certainly run into someone who deals with these questions often and can give even more indepth info on what to do. And look for videos on youtube about Crystal Disk Info if you want a better idea of what you are doing and what you are looking at, they do at least keep the info at a glance simple, as soon as you install and run it, when the application finishes opening it will show device health, a percentage out of 100% and tell you if the percentage is good or bad its a nice baseline to work from before looking deeper into the issue. And if it is a very low percentage, that means the drive is getting close to kicking the bucket and dying on you so hopefully the percentage is high and there is just a small issue somewhere on the disk.

I believe Disk Read errors can also occur if you set data to read only at a bad time as it prevents data from being written so imagine if you know what the next chapter in a book is supposed to say but you can't write it out and in turn you can't read it because the page is blank/has entirely different stuff written down, so simply turning the file back to one that can be written to can fix the error. But that could take ages to find and would have to be screwed up manually with you preventing the PC from writing data to the file, plus I can't remember if that does trigger the Disk Read error or if it triggers another Error so don't quote me on that. Just something that might be possible and would mean your SSD or whatever is actually in perfect health if this scenario was true.

I hope this wall of text is moderately helpful lol. But definitely ask for clarification or links if you need them.

[FizzyElf]

Originally posted by Jaes:

That means you need to do a disk check and look into getting a back up storage device sooner rather than later. I would also run a System File Checker to check any faults in Windows.

Forgot that one, but yes, also look up "System File Checker", the User Interface isn't as simple as Crystal Disk if I remember correctly but still another good way to check the disk before moving on.

By any chance do you know of any other way to trigger Disk Read without the Disk itself having issues? I can only think of maybe setting a file to read only at the wrong time or something of that nature.

[Sup_DiM0N]

In cmd run chkdsk /f /r it will scan you HD after system restart and will do fix and repair if possible

[Kruler]

First off to people saying it is his Disk, after he said it only occurs with WT, shame on you guys.
Ok if gut error to read or error to disk check your threat emulation software if you have it and check if it has flagged the various file paks, these cause those files to not to be allowed/blocked, Steam see that as a failure for files to read/load/install correctly. This is a antivirus false flag and an issue with some of Gaijins file labelling and handling in regards to file sizes etc etc.
IMPORTANT they dont get flagged as viruses they just get flagged as a threat and are denied permission.
I know it effects Zonealarm antivirus it is very sensitive to certain files, you have to go into permissions and ok all of Gaijin;s stuff.
Also some people get confused on the timeout errors on Steam as this can also be mislabelled by Steam under certain circumstances.