Steam temp files fill all my hdd

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I'm on W8.1 64bits, I have 10gbs free in a partition, where I had installed a game, I'm trying to update it because just release an update of 371mbs, but when I download it, my 10gbs of free space are filled with temp files with extension .bundle in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\downloading. How can I be able to download the update of my game without download 10gbs of temp files?

[Jill Valentine]

The easiest option would be to buy another drive.

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

steam games work like this (at least in the few steam games i own):
steam client downloads the game in a resumable manner, temporary folder. when the download is finished, it will expand the files and update the main game folder. after a successful update, the client will delete the temporary update files, the user then gains the free hdd space.

it is best to always have around 30gb free hdd space (or more) specially if you have a large-sized game or game update.

since windows update service behaves the same way, i opted to place my steam games folder other than the system drive C. i placed my steam games on drive D and E.

[Smash]

Originally posted by chiefputsi:

steam games work like this (at least in the few steam games i own):
steam client downloads the game in a resumable manner, temporary folder. when the download is finished, it will expand the files and update the main game folder. after a successful update, the client will delete the temporary update files, the user then gains the free hdd space.

it is best to always have around 30gb free hdd space (or more) specially if you have a large-sized game or game update.

since windows update service behaves the same way, i opted to place my steam games folder other than the system drive C. i placed my steam games on drive D and E.

I didn't know that, thanks for the information. I'll do that so.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Forget an amount to have free; that alone doesn't matter.
What matters is that u try to not dip below 10 - 15% free space on a mechanical Drive.
Otherwise the drive lacks space to be able to move files around (defrag) and such.

To start; get rid of Files; Apps; Games you don't need. Off-load files u want to keep over time to backup drives. Or at the very least, add more storage space (drives) and free up the OS drive so you have sufficient space. It's one thing to fill a secondary drive vs your OS drive. The later of which u never want to do, or come close to. If you NEED all that data there, then u need more room.