"Not enough disc space" error. Plenty of disc space.

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DoggosTacos Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:13am

"Not enough disc space" error. Plenty of disc space.

I have tried: Restarting steam, deleting and redownloading it (The problem started during an update) Please help, I really want to play this game right now.

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Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Originally posted by BodhiLeeKidneyBean:
Originally posted by MancSoulja:
is this folder on your C:\ drive?
Yes.

Sorry I had to go and refresh my DOS skills

Right, in the Windows search bar type in CMD and right click on the command prompt icon, run it as admin.

When the command window pops up type in

cd c:/program files (x86)/Steam

and then

attrib -r /S *.*

This should make all files in your Steam directory R/W.

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Ratsak Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:15am

Try clearing your download cache, https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638. Alternatively you could try other methods here, https://appuals.com/steam-not-enough-disk-space/.

Last edited by Ratsak; Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:17am

MancSoulja Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:16am

What game are you trying to update?

This error is usually solved by deleting the "downloading" folder inside the steamapps folder and then restarting Steam.

DoggosTacos Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:17am

Originally posted by Alkose:
Try clearing your download cache, https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3134-TIAL-4638. Alternatively you could try other methods here, https://appuals.com/steam-not-enough-disk-space/.

Clearing download cache didn't work.

DoggosTacos Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:21am

Originally posted by MancSoulja:
What game are you trying to update?

This error is usually solved by deleting the "downloading" folder inside the steamapps folder and then restarting Steam.

It wont even allow me to delete the downloading folder.

MancSoulja Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:22am

Originally posted by BodhiLeeKidneyBean:
Originally posted by MancSoulja:
What game are you trying to update?

This error is usually solved by deleting the "downloading" folder inside the steamapps folder and then restarting Steam.
It wont even allow me to delete the downloading folder.

Make sure Steam isn't running first.

DoggosTacos Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:25am

Originally posted by MancSoulja:
Originally posted by BodhiLeeKidneyBean:
It wont even allow me to delete the downloading folder.

Make sure Steam isn't running first.

Okay, made sure steam wasn't running. Still wouldn't let me delete it.

MancSoulja Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:29am

Originally posted by BodhiLeeKidneyBean:
Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Make sure Steam isn't running first.
Okay, made sure steam wasn't running. Still wouldn't let me delete it.

OK, the folder is obviously still in use. Restart your computer and try deleting it before your start Steam.

DoggosTacos Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:32am

Originally posted by MancSoulja:
Originally posted by BodhiLeeKidneyBean:
Okay, made sure steam wasn't running. Still wouldn't let me delete it.

OK, the folder is obviously still in use. Restart your computer and try deleting it before your start Steam.

Tried, and no results other than "Access denied"

Ratsak Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:33am

Run/open as Admin?

DoggosTacos Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:34am

Originally posted by Alkose:
Run/open as Admin?

I can already open it. I just cant delete it.

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MancSoulja Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:35am

Originally posted by BodhiLeeKidneyBean:
Originally posted by MancSoulja:

OK, the folder is obviously still in use. Restart your computer and try deleting it before your start Steam.
Tried, and no results other than "Access denied"

So at least we've found out why it's saying you have no disk space, looks like you've managed to make this folder read only.

You may need to reinstall Steam to fix it.

Do you know how to boot into safe mode?

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DoggosTacos Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:37am

Originally posted by MancSoulja:
Originally posted by BodhiLeeKidneyBean:
Tried, and no results other than "Access denied"

So at least we've found out why it's saying you have no disk space, looks like you've managed to make this folder read only.

You may need to reinstall Steam to fix it.

Do you know how to boot into safe mode?

First things first, is there a way to check and see if its a read only folder?

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DoggosTacos Jan 9, 2018 @ 3:41am

Originally posted by BodhiLeeKidneyBean:
Originally posted by MancSoulja:

So at least we've found out why it's saying you have no disk space, looks like you've managed to make this folder read only.

You may need to reinstall Steam to fix it.

Do you know how to boot into safe mode?
First things first, is there a way to check and see if its a read only folder?

Nevermind it IS read only

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