CORRUPT UPDATE FILES when installing to D Drive instead of C

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Pogi 16 Jul @ 1:05am

As the title says, I keep getting this error whenever I install any game on my D drive. My C Drive is almost full so I need to install it on another one. I've already tried clearing the download cache, deleting the contents of the "downloading" folder, and adding Steam and the downloads folder as an exclusion on my anti-virus. Please help. Thank you,

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Shake Caine 16 Jul @ 3:28am

If your main drive(system) is C, it will still download some files to C. So unless you actually make enough space in C you may not even be able to play some games or download games even if you want to install them on D.

Move files from C to D and make enough space and it will work. I guess like 50GB should do.

Pogi 16 Jul @ 5:43am

What if I can't free up space on C and I really need to use D?

ANGRYCONEMAN 16 Jul @ 6:23am

Just verify the files it's simple as that

Pogi 16 Jul @ 6:52am

I can't verify the files as Steam won't let me install my games. Also, after downloading, the files go through verification and that's when it says corrupt update files

Pogi 16 Jul @ 7:22am

I also tried installing on C and then moving the game files to D. But whenever I try to launch a game, it either shows a black screen or an error report saying that the game crashed. I tried verifying the game files but it returned another corrupt update files error. Any ideas?

Last edited by Pogi; 16 Jul @ 7:36am

Pogi 16 Jul @ 10:31pm

Bump

ReBoot 16 Jul @ 11:06pm

Run a disk check

Pogi 23 Jul @ 6:02am

I tried running a disk check on D, it said there were no errors. I also tried installing a game on it afterwards but it still returned a "corrupt update files" error

ReBoot 23 Jul @ 7:21am

Delete Steam's download cahe, restart Steam & try again.

Last edited by ReBoot; 23 Jul @ 7:22am

Pogi 23 Jul @ 7:30am

Tried doing that but it still didn't work

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Pogi 23 Jul @ 7:32am

I also tried reformatting the drive but that didn't work as well. Installing games on C still works tho. It's only D that has the problem

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ReBoot 23 Jul @ 7:35am

Originally posted by Pogi:
Tried doing that but it still didn't work

Next. What file system's on D?

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Satoru 23 Jul @ 7:40am

Generally speaking this is your anti-virus killing the installation

Add whitelisting in your anti-virus

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Pogi 23 Jul @ 7:44am

Originally posted by ReBoot:
Originally posted by Pogi:
Tried doing that but it still didn't work
Next. What file system's on D?

NTFS

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Pogi 23 Jul @ 7:45am

Originally posted by Satoru:
Generally speaking this is your anti-virus killing the installation

Add whitelisting in your anti-virus

I tried that already, even disabled Defender before installation, but it still didn't work

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