Problem with the steamapps folder being unreadable or corrupted

[Ani]

i dont know why but i was playing with my friend in gmod today and then suddenyl steam crashed, i dont know what happened, suddenyl all my steam games i had on my D drive suddenly dissapeared, when i wanted to check what happened to my files the steamapps folder wont open, only thing i got is error that says: file is corrupted or unreadable

[DarkPlayer84Tv]

is possible the crash has corrupt the dir, go to settings download and chose to repair, if not work, delete the dir and redownload ;)

[Ani]

Originally posted by Darthy twitch.tv/djdarthygamer:

is possible the crash has corrupt the dir, go to settings download and chose to repair, if not work, delete the dir and redownload ;)

you mean reinstalling all of the games?

[Cathulhu]

Is your D: drive an external drive?

[Ani]

no
its an internal drive

[Ani]

i think im going to delete my steamapps folder cause i dont know what to do

[{ИЯm} Keith]

How many games is in there?

[{ИЯm} Keith]

If it's not a lot I'd just redownload. If you have a huge amount of game data, then I'd try and repair the folder.

[Ani]

i have huge amount of data

Originally posted by {ИЯm} Keith:

If it's not a lot I'd just redownload. If you have a huge amount of game data, then I'd try and repair the folder.

[{ИЯm} Keith]

Do you have system restore on for that drive? Have you done anything important between now and your last restore point? I find system restore works wonders.

There could be any number of reasons why the folder is corrupted. (user permissions, etc)

[Joke]

" ...when i wanted to check what happened to my files the steamapps folder wont open, only thing i got is error that says: file is corrupted or unreadable"

This sound to me like the disk has a file system error.

Windows has a built in tool to fix disk errors.
1. Right-click the disk D:
2. Choose "Properties"
3. Select the "Tools" tab.
4. There are two buttons. Click the top one, that says something like "Check disk for errors".
5. Wait until it finishes. It takes some time, depending on how big the disk is, and if it's a SSD or HDD.

Restart your PC after that, and try if your games are back.

[Ani]

Originally posted by Joke:

" ...when i wanted to check what happened to my files the steamapps folder wont open, only thing i got is error that says: file is corrupted or unreadable"

This sound to me like the disk has a file system error.

Windows has a built in tool to fix disk errors.
1. Right-click the disk D:
2. Choose "Properties"
3. Select the "Tools" tab.
4. There are two buttons. Click the top one, that says something like "Check disk for errors".
5. Wait until it finishes. It takes some time, depending on how big the disk is, and if it's a SSD or HDD.

Restart your PC after that, and try if your games are back.

THANK YOU! like a really big thank you.
it worked. i was so scared that i need to buy another drive to store my games, you're a life saver

[Sam]

Originally posted by Joke:

" ...when i wanted to check what happened to my files the steamapps folder wont open, only thing i got is error that says: file is corrupted or unreadable"

This sound to me like the disk has a file system error.

Windows has a built in tool to fix disk errors.
1. Right-click the disk D:
2. Choose "Properties"
3. Select the "Tools" tab.
4. There are two buttons. Click the top one, that says something like "Check disk for errors".
5. Wait until it finishes. It takes some time, depending on how big the disk is, and if it's a SSD or HDD.

Restart your PC after that, and try if your games are back.

god bless your soul man

[Krpaslik]

Originally posted by Joke:

" ...when i wanted to check what happened to my files the steamapps folder wont open, only thing i got is error that says: file is corrupted or unreadable"

This sound to me like the disk has a file system error.

Windows has a built in tool to fix disk errors.
1. Right-click the disk D:
2. Choose "Properties"
3. Select the "Tools" tab.
4. There are two buttons. Click the top one, that says something like "Check disk for errors".
5. Wait until it finishes. It takes some time, depending on how big the disk is, and if it's a SSD or HDD.

Restart your PC after that, and try if your games are back.

Anyone have more ideas when this doesn't work? I always get Error while repairing disk unit.

[Shadowstep_1]

Originally posted by Joke:

" ...when i wanted to check what happened to my files the steamapps folder wont open, only thing i got is error that says: file is corrupted or unreadable"

This sound to me like the disk has a file system error.

Windows has a built in tool to fix disk errors.
1. Right-click the disk D:
2. Choose "Properties"
3. Select the "Tools" tab.
4. There are two buttons. Click the top one, that says something like "Check disk for errors".
5. Wait until it finishes. It takes some time, depending on how big the disk is, and if it's a SSD or HDD.

Restart your PC after that, and try if your games are back.

I tried this, and it made no progress after 2 hours, is there any other way?

[Iceira]

Originally posted by the stardew valley expert:

Originally posted by Joke:

" ...when i wanted to check what happened to my files the steamapps folder wont open, only thing i got is error that says: file is corrupted or unreadable"

This sound to me like the disk has a file system error.

Windows has a built in tool to fix disk errors.
1. Right-click the disk D:
2. Choose "Properties"
3. Select the "Tools" tab.
4. There are two buttons. Click the top one, that says something like "Check disk for errors".
5. Wait until it finishes. It takes some time, depending on how big the disk is, and if it's a SSD or HDD.

Restart your PC after that, and try if your games are back.

I tried this, and it made no progress after 2 hours, is there any other way?

NO, do not mix up steam own storage settings with repair steam library, that has nothing to do with system check disk.