Steam being slow for my hdd lately

[SHadoW_SHW]

So here's the deal, every time i wanna install games on my hdd it just takes a long time to preallocate like waaay too long than usual, my steam is installed on ssd, if i install it on my ssd, it downloads and installs as normal, but if i try to download my games on my hdd it just takes a super long time with barely showing any progress over the day. My downloads don't have anything wrong with them since on other platforms like origin and uplay it downloads and installs just fine.

The download starts off strong for a few seconds then it just drops off with barely any speed, games from my hdd on the other platforms work just fine.

I tried running checkdisk, installed the latest drives, defragmented the disk, reinstalled steam, everything i could've possibly done. Does steam not cope well with having ssd and hdd on the same computer?

I wanna mention this was after i installed my ssd and reinstalled my windows in it

[Levi]

So here's the deal, every time i wanna install games on my hdd it just takes a long time to preallocate like waaay too long than usual, my steam is installed on ssd, if i install it on my ssd, it downloads and installs as normal, but if i try to download my games on my hdd it just takes a super long time with barely showing any progress over the day

The preallocation process should be relatively quick, unless the game is huge, (above 50 GB).

When Steam preallocates, it's just finding and reserve disk space.

If this process is slow or never ends, there are many explanations.

1) Your anti-virus software may be causing some issues.

2) Your HDD may be failing.

3) Your HDD is just sluggish, and is packed to the brim.

4) Your Steam installation may be corrupt.

5) You may just need to clear your download cache.

The download starts off strong for a few seconds then it just drops off with barely any speed, games from my hdd on the other platforms work just fine.

Some downloads work in this way; where unpacking is done.

Payday 2 and Ark etc, download in this manner - where unpacking / decompression takes place.

Thus, you'll see disk usage being active, while bandwith is not consumed

If this is not the case, there may be some other bottlenecks such as CPU / Disk IO.

Look at your CPU and disk IO.

You are likely 100% capped on either one or both.

It makes no sense to keep sending you data when your system can't keep up with it.

It just makes the overall process slower because the system can't keep up with the data coming in.

[SHadoW_SHW]

My hdd is empty to start with, it never had any problems before i installed a ssd a few weeks ago, i just said i reinstalled steam numerous times, did the download cache, the hdd can't be at fault if other platforms like origin, uplay and battlenet arent affected. My system isnt slow at all, it can keep up with everything else, steam is just being slow on any game install and download

[MH!]

Originally posted by SHadoW_SHW:

My hdd is empty to start with, it never had any problems before i installed a ssd a few weeks ago, i just said i reinstalled steam numerous times, did the download cache, the hdd can't be at fault if other platforms like origin, uplay and battlenet arent affected. My system isnt slow at all, it can keep up with everything else, steam is just being slow on any game install and download

Sorry, I know it has been a long time, but recently my roommate ran into the same problem. Do you mind telling me if you fixed it in the end? If you did, could you please tell me so that I can help my roommate out? (We finally have time to play co-op games now)

[SHadoW_SHW]

Originally posted by MH!:

Originally posted by SHadoW_SHW:

My hdd is empty to start with, it never had any problems before i installed a ssd a few weeks ago, i just said i reinstalled steam numerous times, did the download cache, the hdd can't be at fault if other platforms like origin, uplay and battlenet arent affected. My system isnt slow at all, it can keep up with everything else, steam is just being slow on any game install and download

Sorry, I know it has been a long time, but recently my roommate ran into the same problem. Do you mind telling me if you fixed it in the end? If you did, could you please tell me so that I can help my roommate out? (We finally have time to play co-op games now)

Apparently the fault was the power source, specifically the cable that had all the sata cables connect to all the drives, the power source had another set of cables that i could've swapped easily after days of troubleshooting and it looked like it worked as normal, not sure however how it can be on your end

[MH!]

Originally posted by SHadoW_SHW:

Originally posted by MH!:

Sorry, I know it has been a long time, but recently my roommate ran into the same problem. Do you mind telling me if you fixed it in the end? If you did, could you please tell me so that I can help my roommate out? (We finally have time to play co-op games now)

Apparently the fault was the power source, specifically the cable that had all the sata cables connect to all the drives, the power source had another set of cables that i could've swapped easily after days of troubleshooting and it looked like it worked as normal, not sure however how it can be on your end

Thank you! I'll check with my roommate to see if the problem comes from the power source as well.