Steam Says "Not Enough Free Disk Space" When moving a game to a new SSD.

[switchb1ade27]

I recently bought a 250GB SSD that I planned on just having Arma 3 on for now. After installing it, I created a steam library folder and attempted to move the game to that folder. When I try this, even though steam says "0 bytes used out of 247.46 GB", I get an error message saying "Not Enough Free Disk Space". I have tried restarting my PC, repairing the library folder, and running steam as an admin, but so far nothing has worked.

[switchb1ade27]

I also tried installing a smaller game (Spintires) directly onto the SSD, and it worked fine. I'm considering uninstalling Arma 3 and installing it directly on as well, but if I could fix the move error it would save me time.

[Forcen]

Do the things you havent done here: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2274-IFLV-5334
Note that the reinstall can be done without redownloading any games, just read how there.

[switchb1ade27]

Originally posted by Forcen:

Do the things you havent done here: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2274-IFLV-5334
Note that the reinstall can be done without redownloading any games, just read how there.

It's crazy to me that something as simple as clearing your download cache will fix a problem like this. Thanks for the help.

[Azeron]

Originally posted by Forcen:

Do the things you havent done here: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2274-IFLV-5334
Note that the reinstall can be done without redownloading any games, just read how there.

Thank you, clearing the cash worked for me also

[Mabs]

Why in the WORLD does clearing download cash remove all of my library's favorites and custom categories??? I have over 600 games and now I have to start all over. And of course I'm still getting "not enough disk space" when trying to move my 40gb Arma3 folder to a drive with 140gb free.

[AstronautSloth]

Originally posted by Forcen:

Do the things you havent done here: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2274-IFLV-5334
Note that the reinstall can be done without redownloading any games, just read how there.

Worked for me too, many thanks!

[Shrek]

Thanks guys, clearing the cache worked

[Joe]

hey yall i know this is super late but i was moving blackops 3 from my hard drive to my m.2 ssd and it said i didnt have enough space even though i did, then i cleared download cache and it worked!

[switchb1ade27]

Originally posted by Joe:

hey yall i know this is super late but i was moving blackops 3 from my hard drive to my m.2 ssd and it said i didnt have enough space even though i did, then i cleared download cache and it worked!

Glad 2018 us could help! :P

[Storm]

ugh didn't work for me, 40gb arma won't fit on a 256gb ssd >:|

[𝗚ᴏᴏᴅ 𝗚ᴜʏꜱ]

for me pleas?