Game keeps corrupting after I factory reset my pc

[Ernest Toebuckle]

I had an update for ark and i tried to install it and then it said disk write error
I tried turning off my anti virus and firewall
I tried clearing my download cache
I tried verifying the game
I tried reinstalling the game and now it came up with a new error saying corrupt game files
I even factory reset my pc and it still has the same error

[crunchyfrog]

This can be caused by a whole host of issues. The fact that you're getting that erro though now means you have to start again. You can't uncorrupt this.

So first off, go to Steam settings and clear your download cache. You should then be able to restart the download.

But more importantly, there's a few things people fall foul of on Steam as it works a bit differently to other platforms.

For a start, games are both encrypted and compressed. For this reason you need to allow up to THREE times the total file size so it can swap files and unpack before finally writing to the intended destination.

Also, you should NEVER ever run your install drive anywhere near full - NEVER go over 90% full. So for example, if you have a 1TB drive and you've used 850GB, you're at 85% usage. You have 50GB left to use, but if you try to download a 50GB games you likely won't have enough space as three times that takes it to the absolute limit.

And guess what happens when this occurs? What you're experiencing. Or it can also do weird stuff like stop and start, or try to download somehwere else.

[Ernest Toebuckle]

ok ill try that, also idk if this means anything but it keeps saying discovering existing files but i completely uninstalled the game before and factory reset my pc so idk what files its looking for

[rictor559]

I had a VPN that was not running and it was giving me fits with a game. I had to delete the VPN completely and that fixed the problem

[Iceira]

System spec OP, you might think you have reset pc , but that still dont tell anything or build or what you have in free space or nr of disk and totalsize and whats free.

Fact is, its easier to say fix your pc issue then actual try help you, get a tech person to look at it.

anything lesser then 250gb free space on any disk might be the cause.
we can be rude and say not our job or steam job to tell you have free space enough to installation procedur.

soon everyone get is why 1TB free space is seen as most have.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by Big Ned:

ok ill try that, also idk if this means anything but it keeps saying discovering existing files but i completely uninstalled the game before and factory reset my pc so idk what files its looking for

Could be part and parcel of running the drive too ful if that is indeed what's happening - as I said, you will get all sorts of weird behaviour when that happens.

If it still persists afterwards you may wish to find a decent disk scanning tool online (don't use windows in built checker as it often won't report some errors), as it may be your drive is on the way out.

[Iceira]

Originally posted by UberFiend:

If your drive's getting full (&/or serious gamer) turn off VRam, Page File, & Indexing. And Restore points.

without pc spec , you can make it even worse and things will never start up.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by UberFiend:

Originally posted by |<- Iceira ->|:

without pc spec , you can make it even worse and things will never start up.

None of that will make it worse, only better.

Sorry but it absolutely can. Disabling restore points absolutely can.