Corrupt disk when downloading some of my games

[RaioBoss]

Hello there. Some of my games in the library give me this error while downloading. I've tried to clear the download cache, reinstall steam, and repair the library folder. I've alos checked for errors on my drive and windows tells me they are repaired. Some of the games work, others don't. do I need to change HDD or something?

[RaioBoss]

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I'll give it a try and let you know. Right now I'm trying to install one of the games on my C (my steam is on D) and see what happens. Thanks!

OK, let me know can you install those games on C.
If Steam is on D (larger partition) you won't be able to move whole steamapps folder to C (smaller partition)
In this case just move workshop and userdata to C and link them back to D with mklink /J

If everything fails, move steamapps and userdata somewhere safe on D, fully uninstall Steam and install it on C.
Then make new library on D, move games there, and move userdata folder to where you installed Steam on C

I've installed rising storm 2 and it works just fine. What do you suggest to do then?

[Eldin]

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OK, let me know can you install those games on C.
If Steam is on D (larger partition) you won't be able to move whole steamapps folder to C (smaller partition)
In this case just move workshop and userdata to C and link them back to D with mklink /J

If everything fails, move steamapps and userdata somewhere safe on D, fully uninstall Steam and install it on C.
Then make new library on D, move games there, and move userdata folder to where you installed Steam on C

I've installed rising storm 2 and it works just fine. What do you suggest to do then?

Go to D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps (or wherever you installed Steam on D) and delete these folders:
downloading
shadercache
temp
workshop

Now link those folders from C to D

mklink /J "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\downloading" "C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\downloading"

mklink /J "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\shadercache" "C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\shadercache"

mklink /J "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\temp" "C:\SteamLibrary\steamappstemp"

mklink /J "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop" "C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop"

Change folder paths to match yours

[RaioBoss]

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I've installed rising storm 2 and it works just fine. What do you suggest to do then?

Go to D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps (or wherever you installed Steam on D) and delete these folders:
downloading
shadercache
temp
workshop

Now link those folders from C to D

mklink /J "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\downloading" "C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\downloading"

mklink /J "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\shadercache" "C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\shadercache"

mklink /J "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\temp" "C:\SteamLibrary\steamappstemp"

mklink /J "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop" "C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop"

Change folder paths to match yours

It might be a stupid question, but how do I link folders between two partitions?

[Eldin]

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It might be a stupid question, but how do I link folders between two partitions?

Use command

mklink /J

in CMD
Creating links is similar to shortcuts, but when you create link, other programs will see it and use it.

mklink /J "Here you type path to where you want link to be" "Here you type path to original folder"

This is how linked folder looks http://prntscr.com/mp3hmc

[RaioBoss]

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It might be a stupid question, but how do I link folders between two partitions?

Use command

mklink /J

in CMD
Creating links is similar to shortcuts, but when you create link, other programs will see it and use it.

mklink /J "Here you type path to where you want link to be" "Here you type path to original folder"

out of curiosity. Would I get the same thing if I installed steam on C and created a download folder on D?

I've created the junctions. Now all games should work properly as long as I install them on C? I can't really keep games on C, it's way too small for some games.

[Eldin]

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Use command

mklink /J

in CMD
Creating links is similar to shortcuts, but when you create link, other programs will see it and use it.

mklink /J "Here you type path to where you want link to be" "Here you type path to original folder"

out of curiosity. Would I get the same thing if I installed steam on C and created a download folder on D?

"downloading" folder is temporarily used to store game that is currently downloading.
You have that folder on both C and D. If you're installing game on C, files will be temporarily downloaded in "downloading" folder on C. And if you're downloading game on D, files will be temporarily downloaded in "downloading" folder on D.
Same goes for other folders inside steamapps.
If game is downloaded on D, its workshop stuff will be downloaded to D, etc.

By using links, you can force Steam to use those folders on C instead of D.
Because you could install that game on C without problem, let's see what happens when game files gets installed on D, but Steam's files about that game gets installed on C.

[RaioBoss]

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out of curiosity. Would I get the same thing if I installed steam on C and created a download folder on D?

"downloading" folder is temporarily used to store game that is currently downloading.
You have that folder on both C and D. If you're installing game on C, files will be temporarily downloaded in "downloading" folder on C. And if you're downloading game on D, files will be temporarily downloaded in "downloading" folder on D.
Same goes for other folders inside steamapps.
If game is downloaded on D, its workshop stuff will be downloaded to D, etc.

By using links, you can force Steam to use those folders on C instead of D.
Because you could install that game on C without problem, let's see what happens when game files gets installed on D, but Steam's files about that game gets installed on C.

my partition is not that large tho,so I guess that I won't be able to install some big games due to that right? because I technically don't have enough space on C to temporarily store the game files in "downloading"

[Eldin]

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"downloading" folder is temporarily used to store game that is currently downloading.
You have that folder on both C and D. If you're installing game on C, files will be temporarily downloaded in "downloading" folder on C. And if you're downloading game on D, files will be temporarily downloaded in "downloading" folder on D.
Same goes for other folders inside steamapps.
If game is downloaded on D, its workshop stuff will be downloaded to D, etc.

By using links, you can force Steam to use those folders on C instead of D.
Because you could install that game on C without problem, let's see what happens when game files gets installed on D, but Steam's files about that game gets installed on C.

my partition is not that large tho,so I guess that I won't be able to install some big games due to that right? because I technically don't have enough space on C to temporarily store the game files in "downloading"

You can delete that "downloading" folder link later if you want to download bigger games.
Just do this now to see will it actually work. If it does, we might find what folder exactly is causing the problem. If it doesn't work, just put everything how it was before and we'll try to figure out something else.

[RaioBoss]

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my partition is not that large tho,so I guess that I won't be able to install some big games due to that right? because I technically don't have enough space on C to temporarily store the game files in "downloading"

You can delete that "downloading" folder link later if you want to download bigger games.
Just do this now to see will it actually work. If it does, we might find what folder exactly is causing the problem. If it doesn't work, just put everything how it was before and we'll try to figure out something else.

i've made the links and now i'm downloading rising storm 2 again on D directly. I'll let you know (hopefully i'm doing it right)

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my partition is not that large tho,so I guess that I won't be able to install some big games due to that right? because I technically don't have enough space on C to temporarily store the game files in "downloading"

You can delete that "downloading" folder link later if you want to download bigger games.
Just do this now to see will it actually work. If it does, we might find what folder exactly is causing the problem. If it doesn't work, just put everything how it was before and we'll try to figure out something else.

I've tried both rising storm and squad, and they both work now. Apparently that fixed the issue. But can I delete the folders in C (small partition) now ?

[Eldin]

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You can delete that "downloading" folder link later if you want to download bigger games.
Just do this now to see will it actually work. If it does, we might find what folder exactly is causing the problem. If it doesn't work, just put everything how it was before and we'll try to figure out something else.

I've tried both rising storm and squad, and they both work now. Apparently that fixed the issue. But can I delete the folders in C (small partition) now ?

One of those 4 folders is making you this problem. My guess is that it's workshop folder.
You can delete them now if you want, but if you delete them from C, you'll have to delete links of those folders in D too.

After deleting those folders, if you get same error while downloading another game, make link only for workshop folder. If it fix the issue, you'll 100% know workshop folder is responsible for this error so you can keep only that folder linked.
If it doesn't fix the issue, find which of remaining 3 is causing the error and keep that one linked.

[RaioBoss]

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I've tried both rising storm and squad, and they both work now. Apparently that fixed the issue. But can I delete the folders in C (small partition) now ?

One of those 4 folders is making you this problem. My guess is that it's workshop folder.
You can delete them now if you want, but if you delete them from C, you'll have to delete links of those folders in D too.

After deleting those folders, if you get same error while downloading another game, make link only for workshop folder. If it fix the issue, you'll 100% know workshop folder is responsible for this error so you can keep only that folder linked.
If it doesn't fix the issue, find which of remaining 3 is causing the error and keep that one linked.

but if I delete both C folders and links in D, I will have to reinstall the games right?

[Eldin]

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One of those 4 folders is making you this problem. My guess is that it's workshop folder.
You can delete them now if you want, but if you delete them from C, you'll have to delete links of those folders in D too.

After deleting those folders, if you get same error while downloading another game, make link only for workshop folder. If it fix the issue, you'll 100% know workshop folder is responsible for this error so you can keep only that folder linked.
If it doesn't fix the issue, find which of remaining 3 is causing the error and keep that one linked.

but if I delete both C folders and links in D, I will have to reinstall the games right?

Games are stored in "common" folder.
Don't delete that folder and you won't have to redownload games.
Also don't delete appmanifest.acf files

[RaioBoss]

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but if I delete both C folders and links in D, I will have to reinstall the games right?

Games are stored in "common" folder.
Don't delete that folder and you won't have to redownload games.
Also don't delete appmanifest.acf files

alright.. I'll try remove the folders and see what happens. In the meanwhile, thank you so much for the help, much appreciated! Also thanks to everybody who tried to help!

[RaioBoss]

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but if I delete both C folders and links in D, I will have to reinstall the games right?

Games are stored in "common" folder.
Don't delete that folder and you won't have to redownload games.
Also don't delete appmanifest.acf files

I've tried to remake all the process but I think I'm getting it wrong now.. It was working with the link thing but now it's all screwed.

This is what I've done:

1- Delete donwloading, shadercache, temp and workshop from my D directory (where steam is)
2- created a library via steam in C and created the links of the folders to D via CMD
3- tried to install a game in the C library but it stays in C and doesn't move to D.

What am I getting wrong?

[Eldin]

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Eldin の投稿を引用：

Games are stored in "common" folder.
Don't delete that folder and you won't have to redownload games.
Also don't delete appmanifest.acf files

I've tried to remake all the process but I think I'm getting it wrong now.. It was working with the link thing but now it's all screwed.

This is what I've done:

1- Delete the 4 folders from my D directory (where steam is)
2- created a library via steam in C and created the links of the folders to D via CMD
3- tried to install a game in the C library but it stays in C and doesn't move to D.

What am I getting wrong?

You should install games on D.
If you created links correctly, folders that looks like this[prnt.sc] should be on D and normal looking folders should be on C