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ItsTemmie 17 hours ago

Disk Write Error

Hello!

I am attempting to download Higwarts Legacy onto my extrenal Lacie drive. Usually, I never have problems with download games this way, but half way through the download, I got a disk write error, and now the download will not continue at all. It just keeps saying that there is a disk write error.

I have tried clearing the cache, restarting my computer, and unplugging the drive to replace it. I do not know what to do. The computer is acting as if it can not even read the disk on the Lacie drive

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rawWwRrr 16 hours ago

Steam officially does not recommend using external drives for library storage.

Some things we've observed as a community is to make sure Steam is not running until the external drive is powered on and mounted to a drive letter. Make sure to keep it at that same drive letter. Do not power down or remove the drive while Steam is running. Always shut down Steam before removing the drive.

Keep in mind that some drives power down on their own which interferes with Steam. Turn that feature off if you have the ability to do so.

Good luck.

Dranak 10 hours ago

Look like game run on SSD on max settings so might work with USB-C,
and thats the problem with USB on external drives, also why steam do not recommend it.

and you run a next gen game, we could also say is that USB-C a next gen usb standard.

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even faster Solution.
https://www.techadvisor.com/article/742967/usb-speeds-types-and-features-explained.html

It's complicate then most steam user dont explan what USB they talk about.

And my extrenal Lacie drive is a spin disk not SSD

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