There might be different reasons for the Steam disk write error, some of them are downloading a corrupted file, because of antivirus, or defects in the hard disk.
In this article, we are going to see different troubleshooting methods to solve the problem.
Deleting trouble-causing files
Click on the file explorer then you will have to navigate to C drive, and then go to program files, in the program files you would find the steam folder double-click on the steam folder, and then you will find the steam apps folder double-click on it, and then you will find downloading folder again.
Open the downloading folder you will find one folder which is related to your game which you are working on, and this game is giving you problems, so you have to select this folder and shift plus delete key on the keyboard and then click on yes, and it will delete the folder.
Deleting Steam app folder
The select downloading folder itself and then press shift + delete key on your keyboard and then press enter key on the keyboard, it will delete the downloading folder from your steam apps folder.
Repair library folder and clear downloading cache
We have to open the steam application then click on steam click on settings click on downloads over here and then click on steam library folders in the steam library folders you have to select the default folder which is highlighted with yes and then right-click on it and then click on repair library folder it will start repairing the library folder, and then you have to select yes for user account control permissions, and then you have to close this. So it will repair the library folder also you have to click on clear download cache to clear the downloading cache which is creating issues.
Click ok, then it will log you out from the steam application.
Resolve the corrupted file issues
Right-click on the game and then click on properties. In the properties, click on locate files, and in the locate files you have to click on Verify integrity of game files it will check if the files corrupted or not if the files corrupted it will try to download and install those files again on this computer, and it will try to resolve the issue.
Create a new steam library folder
Now click on settings in the settings click on downloads and in the downloads you have to click on steam library folders, in the steam library folders if the issue does not resolve then you can click on add a library folder, and you have to select a different drive.
To select a different drive you have to click over here and then click on a different drive and then click on the new folder, give whatever name you want to give click on ok, and then click on ok again.
Uninstall and reinstall the steam app
Right-click on Windows button and then go to settings in the settings you have to click on apps and then in apps you have to search for the steam app, now select steam and then click on uninstall once you uninstall your game would be intact, you won't lose any games but make sure that you take a backup of steam apps folder just navigate to program files steam and then steam apps folder.
So this is the folder you need to take a backup of just copy this folder and paste it on another drive, so you won't lose any data from the previous games, and you could get all the games when you install or re-install the steam application on your computer.
Conclusion:
Steam disk writes error is a common error we see when we deal with the Steam platform for downloading and updating your files. The articles discuss the reason for this kind of error and also some fixes that might resolve your error.
