[Problem] Not enough disk space, when there is enough.

[zombiedragonslayer2006]

tl;dr 1GB remaining on download, enough disk space, game isnt in library, go to store and it wants to download another copy and not enough disk space for that.

Hey, I've been downloading Planetside 2 overnight and I ran out of disk space, and there is 1GB remaining on the download. I uninstalled a game that was around 8GB in size, however Planetside 2 is not in my library for reasons that I do not know... So I go to the store to go and download the remaining 1GB but, it's saying that I do not have the disk space since the game is 10GB in size, as if it wants to download another copy of it. So, is there a solution around this?

[The Giving One]

What is the total size of the drive and how much free space in fact is "enough", according to you ?

Give us some numbers here ,please.

Post your Operating system also. Post if that OS is 32 or 64 bit while you are at it please.

[zombiedragonslayer2006]

My OS is Windows 10 64 bit, all my games are installed on a different drive to where my OS is installed, and I have 8GB available space, enough to install that 1GB left. Also, I think CCleaner may be the culprit of this, as many games on steam is saying that it is uninstalled, however when I go to the directory where its installed, it hasnt been touched.

[The Giving One]

You did not tell us the total size of the drive but 8 GB left is not that much free space. The files need room to unpack and that does not even take into account free space needed for Windows disk opperations.

You should not really ever fill up a drive that much. Always leave some free space. Seems that you just need to do exactly that....make some free space on that drive.

[zombiedragonslayer2006]

Oh, my hard drive is 345GB in size, and I don't really have that much stuff to delete..

[The Giving One]

Originally posted by nijinsky_:

Oh, my hard drive is 345GB in size, and I don't really have that much stuff to delete..

Well, do some disk cleanup tasks then, as you have to figure it out. That is really not that much free space in my opinion.

[zombiedragonslayer2006]

Thats the thing though, CCleaner is probably the culprit of this problem, I checked the "Wipe free Space" option, and that is probably why Planetside 2 is not in my library. Many of my games are not installed apparently, but when I go to the directory, it's untouched.

How can I start the download without having to actually go to the store and doing it from there?

[The Giving One]

Not really sure why you keep mentioning CCleaner here, as that tool that you seem to be talking about is to "clean" free space on a drive.

You seem to need to run some disk cleanup opperations in Windows, unless you have already. Don't use CCleaner for this. Use Windows.

Disk cleanup in Windows 10

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/instantanswers/8fef4121-711b-4be1-996f-99e02c7301c2/disk-cleanup-in-windows-10

Then go to your Steam library and click on "install" for the game, unless you have files in the temporary downloading folder already there that can be salvaged.

[zombiedragonslayer2006]

Originally posted by The Giving One:

Not really sure why you keep mentioning CCleaner here, as that tool that you seem to be talking about is to "clean" free space on a drive.

You seem to need to run some disk cleanup opperations in Windows, unless you have already. Don't use CCleaner for this. Use Windows.

Disk cleanup in Windows 10

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/instantanswers/8fef4121-711b-4be1-996f-99e02c7301c2/disk-cleanup-in-windows-10

Then go to your Steam library and click on "install" for the game, unless you have files in the temporary downloading folder already there that can be salvaged.

I'm not really sure if I know what I'm talking about, but I think I may have found a solution- Move the game files to a different drive, my C:\ drive where I have more space, start downloading the game, move the game files back and done.

[shiel]

Originally posted by nijinsky_:

Originally posted by The Giving One:

Not really sure why you keep mentioning CCleaner here, as that tool that you seem to be talking about is to "clean" free space on a drive.

You seem to need to run some disk cleanup opperations in Windows, unless you have already. Don't use CCleaner for this. Use Windows.

Disk cleanup in Windows 10

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/instantanswers/8fef4121-711b-4be1-996f-99e02c7301c2/disk-cleanup-in-windows-10

Then go to your Steam library and click on "install" for the game, unless you have files in the temporary downloading folder already there that can be salvaged.

I'm not really sure if I know what I'm talking about, but I think I may have found a solution- Move the game files to a different drive, my C:\ drive where I have more space, start downloading the game, move the game files back and done.

The best solution would be to get a 1tb WD Blue... They are under $50 usd and would give you a ton more space for future games. As TGO touched on, having a drive that full is never a good idea. Doing so will cause issues above and beyond the one you are currently having.

EDIT: In case this is an option for you... https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MwW9TW/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex

[zombiedragonslayer2006]

I'll consider it since If I ever want to play Forza Horizon 3 I'll have to get one of those.

[WarmedxMints]

To download a game, you need just under twice the storage space the game requires.

For example, a 10gb game would typically require around 18gb to download and install. This is because steam downloads the compressed files to install the game and then the game is installed.

A rule of thumb is also to always have at least 10% free HDD space, especially on you OS drive as windows uses the HDD to store the pagefile (virtual memory). If it doesn't have the space for that, it can affect performance.

[76561199163636050]

bro, I'm trying to play jojo all stars battle r so when it starts it appears insufficient storage space on the mini 2227 kb try again but I have more than 50 gb of space left how do you solve it

[Silicon Vampire]

Originally posted by danieleliel2021:

bro, I'm trying to play jojo all stars battle r so when it starts it appears insufficient storage space on the mini 2227 kb try again but I have more than 50 gb of space left how do you solve it

Why are you digging up years old threads? Please stop.

[John]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.