"Not Enough DIsc Space" when I have more than enough

[剣聖 [Sabo]]

Trying to update Apex, 13.0 GB update, while I have 36.0 GB on my E: drive (where Apex is instlaled) and yet it still tells me that I don't have enough space.
Is my thing just bugged or is it really taking up 35+ GB that it isn't telling me?

[DarkCrystalMethod]

You have probably told it (somehow) to install on your tiny C: drive.
Some games can be "moved" through the Steam interface, otherwise you'll have to copy the game files, then uninstall the game(which it thinks is on C:) and then reinstall and pick the E: drive. It will suddenly see all the files there and do a quick check instead of re-downloading everything (in theory).

[剣聖 [Sabo]]

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

You have probably told it (somehow) to install on your tiny C: drive.
Some games can be "moved" through the Steam interface, otherwise you'll have to copy the game files, then uninstall the game(which it thinks is on C:) and then reinstall and pick the E: drive. It will suddenly see all the files there and do a quick check instead of re-downloading everything (in theory).

Tried that, tried re-installing it which it did fine, then said it needed to update w/ no disc space
The steam interface says its on drive E: currently after I did the reinstall

[MancSoulja]

Originally posted by 剣聖 Sabo:

Trying to update Apex, 13.0 GB update, while I have 36.0 GB on my E: drive (where Apex is instlaled) and yet it still tells me that I don't have enough space.
Is my thing just bugged or is it really taking up 35+ GB that it isn't telling me?

You need the update size plus the game install size free on the drive to update, so if the game is 30GB and the update is 12, you'd need 42GB free to update the game.

[剣聖 [Sabo]]

Originally posted by MancSoulja:

Originally posted by 剣聖 Sabo:

Trying to update Apex, 13.0 GB update, while I have 36.0 GB on my E: drive (where Apex is instlaled) and yet it still tells me that I don't have enough space.
Is my thing just bugged or is it really taking up 35+ GB that it isn't telling me?

You need the update size plus the game install size free on the drive to update, so if the game is 30GB and the update is 12, you'd need 42GB free to update the game.

yeah i needed about 72 Gb, at 100 now after clearing off files and it still says it

[no154370]

kindly refer to the link i provide

https://windowsreport.com/steam-not-enough-disk-space/

one of the solutions is to clear steam download cache

[剣聖 [Sabo]]

Originally posted by no154370:

kindly refer to the link i provide

https://windowsreport.com/steam-not-enough-disk-space/

one of the solutions is to clear steam download cache

tried that already

[Señor Muybueno]

I'm currently having this issue now in 2023.

[Elucidator]

Originally posted by Morkleson:

I'm currently having this issue now in 2023.

Likely it is trying to place files elsewhere.
idk why, but sometimes things like 'disabling onedrive' works.
You need to figure out where it is trying to allocate space for the game or place the files.
Reading the logs helps. (content_log.txt for example)

If you linked your drives together, then you need to unlink them to ensure it ends up on the drive with free space.

[剣聖 [Sabo]]

Originally posted by Morkleson:

I'm currently having this issue now in 2023.

I never found a fix, eventually uninstalled the game and didnt try again until last month when I had 100 GB+ free

[BurdTird]

I'm resurrecting this older thread to confirm that YES, this game requires *at least* 281GB of free space total for installation. That number includes the claimed space occupied by the current total game file size of 171GB. So the actual space requirement for some ASININE reason is over 110GB. 110GB of occupied space, by the way, that I've been UNABLE TO FIND in any visible directory on the drive when looking for the culprit of multiple failed downloads; and I have "view hidden files" enabled as default for every Windows installation since I was an annoying "lol random cheese pirate" teen at the break of the 21st century.

I have no reason why this exorbitantly extra amount of needed space isn't even mentioned in the space requirements, I'd imagine the refusal to acknowledge that is an intended choice to evade scrutiny - which is illegally ironic given how it directly results in a bad time for anyone forced to figure things out. My biggest issue is how the common recommendation is to "uninstall and redownload" because all that does is needlessly consume large chunks of data that is, more often than not in certain "open market" Capitalist societies, conveniently limited in tiny monthly allotments that ISPs are all too happy to charge for when exceeding the monthly ration of usage. My ISP happened to allow me a weird 740GB the last few years, but I just noticed they secretly changed it to an even 700GB without changing what I'm charged. So if I were to uninstall and redownload, which I did the first time, Steam obliterates what it had and begins anew to download 139GB that includes the MASSIVE dlc chunks that I didn't purchase entitlement to, therefore can't deselect their inclusion in what's downloaded 🤬

So yeah, quick maffs:

139 x 2 = 278

100/x = 700/278
x=39.71%

Nearly 40% of my entire month's data ration is GONE simply because of Steam allowing Ubisoft to perform whatever spiteful, backwards "standard" companies employ on consoles that always needs more space than declared to install - and this is just a single game! People shouldn't be so blatantly lied to and forced to deal with potentially massive overages on their internet bill because "just uninstall and re-download" is such a commonly suggested fix. Or the fact that console players (or us pc players now, apparently) are forced to shuffle installations of a few different games at a time from the evil decision to include such small capacity drives.
It's not only anti-consumer to hide TRUE requirements of space needed to actually get the game in place to play, but it completely destroys the fun of playing games in the first place. Feel like playing a racing game? Well, you have to download it again after deleting it to make room for some FPS, but that takes FOREVER and you probably have to decide on some different game to delete. So you either give up or wait for it to download, and by the time it's done the mood to play is ruined or completely gone. Do this just a few times a month or deal with "just a few redownloads" from any error and the internet bill goes up $20-$50 or more as further insult to just wanting to play a damned game. I worked for Comcast for a bit, and I've seen some REAL ♥♥♥♥ in overage charges when they first started introducing data caps to certain markets. Hundreds of dollars in surprise overage, even one poor immigrant family being hit with THOUSANDS OVER THE COURSE OF THREE MONTHS from their kids doing kid things (I presumed torrenting without ever closing the application while it seeds out in the background. Yikes.)

In conclusion, everything sucks and there's nothing I can do but ♥♥♥♥♥ about corporations having bought the right to get away with setting things up as much as possible to squeeze us for everything we've got; all for the simple fact that there's no law that says "don't be evil." Despite these things affecting ALL OF US, I'm expecting most people reading this would somehow think that I suck for any or all of the following reasons: the inexplicable sin of replying to an older thread, the inexplicable sin of daring to write more than two succinct sentences, the inexplicable sin of calling out anti-consumer conduct committed by companies, the inexplicable sin of having empathy for others being wronged, and/or the inexplicable sin of "being poor" because I care about money

kthnxbye !!!!!!!

[DarkCrystalMethod]

You may want to use a disk space analyzer program like SpaceSniffer or WinDirStat
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2918772795
And over time you'll get familiar with the sizes of most of your directories and be able to quickly spot the disk hog. Beyond that you'll probably eventually have to run chkdsk in repair mode (the one you see at bootup that takes hours) in case there are any actual file system issues. All other problems should be visible(you should be able to see every dir and just delete it). You may want to stop steam from downloading(pause perhaps?) and uninstall some of your other games to make room. Probably the only option other than uninstalling the game entirely and putting it on its own disk?

[The Measly Muffin Man]

TWW3 gets a 13 Gb DLC update (which I don't own or want), breaking my install. My drive has 50 Gb of free space, and the only working solution is to completely remove the game and re install all 125 Gb.