Not enough disc space

[TroutMasterTim]

I'm trying to update the game but it says that I don't have enough storage space. I have 5gb left and the update is only 108mb. I've looked it up and tryed everything i found, but nothing works. Any suggestions on what I can do to fix it?

[Rogue]

You need about 20 gb free space. Alternatively you can bypass steam patch system and just use path of exile standalone client...

[TroutMasterTim]

i already have the game installed
its just a 108mb update do i really need the full 20gb for it?

[TroutMasterTim]

apparently i did need all 20gb for it to instal the 108mb update
thanks for the fix
good to know it wasnt my computer and it was just steam being retarded

[Sleepy Yoshi]

Steam recreates files by analyzing what's in the patch and the original i.e. keeping the old bits that were not changed and adding the new. That is why you need more space for a patch than the patch size itself as it is combining these elements in a new file which will replace the old after the process is complete.

This is actually pretty common in patching now days, rather than having to download every file that had been patched. Basically trading bandwidth for disk space.

[Spider]

Running out of HD space is still a thing? I haven't run out of space in who knows how many years.

[TroutMasterTim]

i have a lot of games

[The_Driver]

Originally posted by Sleepy Yoshi:

Steam recreates files by analyzing what's in the patch and the original i.e. keeping the old bits that were not changed and adding the new. That is why you need more space for a patch than the patch size itself as it is combining these elements in a new file which will replace the old after the process is complete.

This is actually pretty common in patching now days, rather than having to download every file that had been patched. Basically trading bandwidth for disk space.

The recreation isn't even needed though, things do not shift inside the file, there's just some chunks being replaced and potentially added. This means that the large amount of temporary space isn't needed as well. It's just steams prehistory way to ensure that in case of an error during the update, the rollback is easy. You know, putting the complexity at the wrong place.

[Silvver]

Originally posted by Spider:

Running out of HD space is still a thing? I haven't run out of space in who knows how many years.

ppl are using SSD (and M.2s) to play. SSD is pretty much a must for PoE so yes, space may be a limiting factor

[Lunacy]

Originally posted by Spider:

Running out of HD space is still a thing? I haven't run out of space in who knows how many years.

I had to switch from a ~1TB C drive to a 2TB D drive and its almost full again in like half a year
Also OP should make sure his main drive that has all his essential PC files (usually C:) should have 15-20% of extra space on it, or it'll start slowing down. It's possible for steam to move and load games on a separate drive using an alternate install directory.

[ButtGravy]

Originally posted by Lunacy:

Originally posted by Spider:

Running out of HD space is still a thing? I haven't run out of space in who knows how many years.

I had to switch from a ~1TB C drive to a 2TB D drive and its almost full again in like half a year
Also OP should make sure his main drive that has all his essential PC files (usually C:) should have 15-20% of extra space on it, or it'll start slowing down. It's possible for steam to move and load games on a separate drive using an alternate install directory.

You could uninstall games you don't play anymore.

[davidb11]

Yeah, you really do not want to have lower than 10% free space on a Hard drive. Or even a SSD.
That's just going to cause major problems eventually.

With either the Operating System, or the hard drive/SSD itself.

[Grumpy]

Originally posted by ButtGravy:

Originally posted by Lunacy:

I had to switch from a ~1TB C drive to a 2TB D drive and its almost full again in like half a year
Also OP should make sure his main drive that has all his essential PC files (usually C:) should have 15-20% of extra space on it, or it'll start slowing down. It's possible for steam to move and load games on a separate drive using an alternate install directory.

You could uninstall games you don't play anymore.

would be too easy

[Silvver]

Originally posted by davidb11:

Yeah, you really do not want to have lower than 10% free space on a Hard drive. Or even a SSD.
That's just going to cause major problems eventually.

With either the Operating System, or the hard drive/SSD itself.

Not really. 10% on 4TB HDD is 400GB and you are just saying "don't use it" which is silly in this case.

[Azure Fang]

Originally posted by Silvver:

Originally posted by davidb11:

Yeah, you really do not want to have lower than 10% free space on a Hard drive. Or even a SSD.
That's just going to cause major problems eventually.

With either the Operating System, or the hard drive/SSD itself.

Not really. 10% on 4TB HDD is 400GB and you are just saying "don't use it" which is silly in this case.

This has been a standard forever. The way data is generally handled in a drive, if you don't keep ~10% free as flex space you're asking for performance degredation on multiple fronts. And if you have a 4TB drive, leaving 400GB open isn't that much.

[davidb11]

Yep. It's been a standard for decades. It doesn't matter how massive your hard drive is. :P
I can understand if you're very young, Silvver, but I was born in 1982, I remember the old hard drives and the old computers, and this has been a thing since the first hard drives, which predate the World Wide Web by over a decade.

In fact, the first 1GB harddrive was made in 1983 or so, by the U.S Miltary. :P IT was essentially a reel of tape.