Steam is one of the leading gaming platforms thanks to its ever-growing game library. Although it is quite easy to download and play games on Steam, there may be times when you encounter an error while doing so. One of the rare errors when installing a game is the Steam disc write error, which can be a bit challenging to troubleshoot. If you have encountered the same, here's how to fix the disc write error on Steam.
Steam – How to Fix Disk Write Errors
The Steam disk write error appears when the Steam app is unable to write, store, or save games and data to the hard drive. Some of the reasons why this can happen are – a bad hard drive, firewall, missing write permissions, or the Steam app being corrupted due to a bad update or installation. Some of the ways to fix the error are as follows.
One of the primary reasons behind the Steam disk write error is that the Steam folder lacks write permission. When a folder in Windows is read-only, it means that programs cannot add or change anything in the folder and require administrator access to do so. However, you can change this from the Windows file properties. On Mac, you must allow full disk access to Steam.
While by default Steam and Windows decide not to keep the folder read-only, it is possible that the setting may have been accidentally changed by you or someone else. Thankfully, the method above is an extremely popular fix and should get rid of the Steam disk write error.
