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Lag 13 Jun @ 8:48pm
External Hard Drive stopped working?
So, my Steam always says "Download Failed" every time I try to down a game to my External Hard Drive... It worked a few days ago and now it just stopped working? I've uninstalled Steam, Cleared the Download cache... What am I missing???
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Originally posted by _I_:
you need to find the drive letter

ex.
chkdsk /x /f /r d:
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Electric Cupcake 13 Jun @ 8:51pm 
If there's hard drive problems, do an emergency backup to another device right away, then look at the SMART telemetry and run chkdsk /r, or chkdsk /f if it's SSD.
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_I_ 13 Jun @ 8:57pm 
use
chkdsk /x /f /r (drive letter:)

will unmount, then fix, then mount again when done
then nothing can be read/write or interrupt chkdsk
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Lag 13 Jun @ 8:59pm 
Where would I apply that? Console or somewhere on Steam? (Apologies for sounding retarded)
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_I_ 13 Jun @ 9:01pm 
from cmd or run prompt as admin
winkey+r
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Lag 13 Jun @ 9:02pm 
So, like "chkdsk /x /f /r (drive letter:D)" then put it in?
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Electric Cupcake 13 Jun @ 9:07pm 
/r implies /f, so you don't need to use them both, but again, /r isn't good for SSDs.

An SSD's firmware continuously monitors the health of individual sectors, so /r isn't really necessary. If it's an SSD, you should just need chkdsk /f and the manufacturer's SMART tools.
Last edited by Electric Cupcake; 13 Jun @ 9:11pm
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_I_ 13 Jun @ 9:11pm 
you need to find the drive letter

ex.
chkdsk /x /f /r d:
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Lag 13 Jun @ 9:24pm 
"'checkdsk' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file."
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Lag 13 Jun @ 9:25pm 
Nvm, Im an idiot, figured it out
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andreasaspenberg575 14 Jun @ 8:07am 
if you get issues in the future, you can right click and select properties. the click the tools tab. you have checkdisc as the top option there.
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