Steam Disk Write Error when trying to download games to SSD

[TheFergmiester]

I have a brand new SSD, it works fine, no problem with it (I've checked). Steam won't let me download big games onto it. It gets a little way through the download, and then gives a Disk Write Error. I've managed to get a couple of smaller games like Two Point Hospital to download onto it fine, but anything big there's no chance. Gets a few hundred MBs into the download and then fails.

I can download games onto my secondary disk, a regular HDD, just fine. It's just the SSD that this is happening on. Can someone suggest how this might be fixed please, because having Steam block me from taking advantage of my new hardware is really frustrating.

[B-o-B]

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2274-IFLV-5334

[TheFergmiester]

Originally posted by 2Phew™:

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2274-IFLV-5334

Thank you but nothing in that link helps with this speciifc issue. Most of those solutions are for fixing disk write errors in general, and I'm not getting them in general. I'm only getting them when I try to install to my SSD. My other drive, the HDD, works absolutely fine.

Of the solutions which apply to my problem, I've tried clearing the download cache, reinstalling Steam and repairing the library folder. There is no change; my SSD is still the only drive which Steam refuses to download games to.

[Lt_Maverick]

Originally posted by Muraz:

Originally posted by 2Phew™:

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2274-IFLV-5334

Thank you but nothing in that link helps with this speciifc issue. Most of those solutions are for fixing disk write errors in general, and I'm not getting them in general. I'm only getting them when I try to install to my SSD. My other drive, the HDD, works absolutely fine.

Of the solutions which apply to my problem, I've tried clearing the download cache, reinstalling Steam and repairing the library folder. There is no change; my SSD is still the only drive which Steam refuses to download games to.

Go to the disk you want to install it on. Right click in explorer > properties > security > Users (usually bottom one) > edit (next to change permission) > scroll down and click "write" for the users > click apply. Now try.

[BadToken]

Originally posted by Lt_Maverick:

Originally posted by Muraz:

Thank you but nothing in that link helps with this speciifc issue. Most of those solutions are for fixing disk write errors in general, and I'm not getting them in general. I'm only getting them when I try to install to my SSD. My other drive, the HDD, works absolutely fine.

Of the solutions which apply to my problem, I've tried clearing the download cache, reinstalling Steam and repairing the library folder. There is no change; my SSD is still the only drive which Steam refuses to download games to.

Go to the disk you want to install it on. Right click in explorer > properties > security > Users (usually bottom one) > edit (next to change permission) > scroll down and click "write" for the users > click apply. Now try.

thank you entity from the past, you resolved my issue and i love you

[John]

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