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Author:  [SpA]ha11elujaz0rz [ 29 Oct 2008, 13:13 ]
Post subject:  Maybe same problem as Mcmoist ......
For the last 2 days my steam apperears to hate me....

When i tried to load tf2 it would verify game files for 3 seconds then stop and not load game , and it would carry on doing this. Now if i loaded dods it would work fine , and now it wont load any game... i have tried :
Reinstalling All the game content
Reinstalling steam
Verifying game cache files
renaming / deleting Clientregistry.blob
Changing update options to "Not Automatically" and back again
Closing all back ground apps
And everything else on the steam forums that it suggest to do.

I am just about to defrag game files but failing that is there any other options?

Also could this MAYBE be caused by a failing hard drive , because i have a feeling my hard drive is on the way out with the amount of problems i have been having lately.

Thanks in advance ;)
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 29 Oct 2008, 13:22 ]
Post subject:  Re: Maybe same problem as Mcmoist ......
You can try defragmenting the game files using GCFScape because it's usually much faster than the built-in function. However, the problem seems much more serious from what you're describing.

Ah - link to GCFScape:

http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=26

You will also need to enable Write Access in GCFScape if you want to defragment the files but the program will inform you about that itself.
Author:  [SpA]ha11elujaz0rz [ 29 Oct 2008, 13:24 ]
Post subject:  Re: Maybe same problem as Mcmoist ......
Well finished defragging the game files and still same problem , i will give the gcfscape a go and let you know how i get on.. ta
Author:  [SpA]ha11elujaz0rz [ 29 Oct 2008, 13:36 ]
Post subject:  Re: Maybe same problem as Mcmoist ......
Also what do you mean when you say the problem is worse than im describing ?
Author:  Lim-Dul [ 29 Oct 2008, 14:03 ]
Post subject:  Re: Maybe same problem as Mcmoist ......
Not "than you describing" but "from what you're describing" - I presume the problem is more serious than a simple fragmentation of the game cache. Fragmentation can lead to long loading times but it wouldn't make the whole system fail...
Author:  DrMcMoist [ 29 Oct 2008, 15:43 ]
Post subject:  Re: Maybe same problem as Mcmoist ......
The thing is mate I actually fixed the problem simply by re-installing Steam. Everything works as it was before the problem arose.

I did put in a new hard drive though a few days ago.
Author:  [SpA]ha11elujaz0rz [ 29 Oct 2008, 18:11 ]
Post subject:  Re: Maybe same problem as Mcmoist ......
ive had a feeling for awhile its the had , now no steam games will load , bf2 and bf2142 were having serious problems , also windows fails sometimes , so i think it may well be that , going to try reformat the drive later or tomorrow and will let you know how that goes. :) cheers
Author:  [SpA]ha11elujaz0rz [ 30 Oct 2008, 20:02 ]
Post subject:  Re: Maybe same problem as Mcmoist ......
Formatted whole drive and installed fresh os and everything from scratch , installing as we speak will let you know how things get on :)
Author:  [SpA]ha11elujaz0rz [ 30 Oct 2008, 23:04 ]
Post subject:  Re: Maybe same problem as Mcmoist ......
Nope , same problem , launch tf2 , validating game files for 3 secs and back to normal , wont even load valve screen.... ive reformatted and tried every steam said to do and nothing? any idea?
Author:  [SpA]CrackHead [ 31 Oct 2008, 05:07 ]
Post subject:  Re: Maybe same problem as Mcmoist ......
[SpA]ha11elujaz0rz wrote:
Nope , same problem , launch tf2 , validating game files for 3 secs and back to normal , wont even load valve screen.... ive reformatted and tried every steam said to do and nothing? any idea?
Burn ur harddrive and buy a new 1?
Author:  [SpA]ha11elujaz0rz [ 31 Oct 2008, 09:55 ]
Post subject:  Re: Maybe same problem as Mcmoist ......
You think that may be the cause?
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