Solved steam telling me not enough disk space for cod black ops install

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rncharlie72

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My steam account was opened and installed on previous pc running windows xp. Recently purchased new gear with windows7 64bit, 12gb memory, 30gb hard drive 1, and 1tb hard drive 2. Steam successfuly installs however, proceeds to tell me i don't have enough free disk space for game install. Any advice? Is it possible by logging into my steam account created on old system that's what it is seeing?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
cyberpower infinity8800 pro se
OS
Window 7 64bit
CPU
I7-960 3.2ghz 8M
Motherboard
Gigabyte x58a-ud3r 3ways crossfire&sli ddr3 usb 3.0 sata3
Memory
12gb
Graphics Card(s)
superclock evga nvidia gtx 470 1.25 gb
Hard Drives
30 gb kingston 2.5 in sata ssd mlc,

1tb sata III 6gb/s 7200rpm 64mb cache 3.5hd
rncharlie72 said:
My steam account was opened and installed on previous pc running windows xp. Recently purchased new gear with windows7 64bit, 12gb memory, 30gb hard drive 1, and 1tb hard drive 2. Steam successfuly installs however, proceeds to tell me i don't have enough free disk space for game install. Any advice? Is it possible by logging into my steam account created on old system that's what it is seeing?
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HD 1 is 30 gigs. Is that where your OS and steam are located?

Win 7 can use 30 gigs quickly, especially if you have a large page file, and hyberfil files. (each of these can be 8 gigs)
 

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HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
OS
Win 8 Release candidate 8400
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[email protected]
Memory
4 gigs
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Nvidia 9600M
Sound Card
HD built-in
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17" Wxga
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1440x900
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none
Internet Speed
45Mb down 5Mb up
yes, windows and steam are in hd 1, hd 1 still has 2 gb available. Hd 2 has 900+gb available. Admittedly, I am not very tech savy, any ways to rectify the memory issue? I still should be able to install.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
cyberpower infinity8800 pro se
OS
Window 7 64bit
CPU
I7-960 3.2ghz 8M
Motherboard
Gigabyte x58a-ud3r 3ways crossfire&sli ddr3 usb 3.0 sata3
Memory
12gb
Graphics Card(s)
superclock evga nvidia gtx 470 1.25 gb
Hard Drives
30 gb kingston 2.5 in sata ssd mlc,

1tb sata III 6gb/s 7200rpm 64mb cache 3.5hd
Black ops actually needs just under 9gb to install, therefore your 2gb is what is restricting you.

30gb for steam, games and operating system is not going to give you any change.

My advise would be to stick steam and it's related content on the drive that has 930gb, you wont have to worry about disk space for steam games for quite a while.

To do that all you have to do is uninstall steam and install again but this time when it asks if you want a typical install or custom, you choose custom. You will then be given the option of installing to a directory of your choice, you choose 930gb drive.
 

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Custom Build.
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
CPU
i5 760 @ 4.2Ghz. 1.18v
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Gigabyte - H55M-USB3
Memory
4g Corsair xms3 ddr3, 1600Mhz.
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte GTX-560Ti soc edition
Sound Card
Asus Xonar Dx - Logitech Z5500.
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer 22" LCD Wide screen 1680-1050 -Samsung 42" Plasma....
Screen Resolution
1680/1050 -----1920/1080p.
Hard Drives
2x 2TB Seagate Go Flex,
1x 1TB Seagate,
1x 640WD Black,
x16 Gig sandisc flash drive,
1x8Gig sandisc flash drive.
PSU
XigmaTek 80plus NRP-PC702 - 700w dual 30a.
Case
Venus Gamers Midi Tower Case with LED Display
Cooling
Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2... x2 Arctic F8 case fans........
Keyboard
Logitech G15-v2 Gaming.
Mouse
Microsoft Sidewinder X8.
Internet Speed
Virgin Media - 50mb down- 8mb up.
Other Info
x2 Xbox 360 wireless controllers...

Dual layer optical disc drive...

Chrome 79million

A.V = MSE
Thanks a million! I will give this a try later today and see what I can come up with! Thanks again! You may hear from me again.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
cyberpower infinity8800 pro se
OS
Window 7 64bit
CPU
I7-960 3.2ghz 8M
Motherboard
Gigabyte x58a-ud3r 3ways crossfire&sli ddr3 usb 3.0 sata3
Memory
12gb
Graphics Card(s)
superclock evga nvidia gtx 470 1.25 gb
Hard Drives
30 gb kingston 2.5 in sata ssd mlc,

1tb sata III 6gb/s 7200rpm 64mb cache 3.5hd
yeah you need a bigger hard drive i hardly got anything on this rig and my games steam and windows takes up alot of space hence people doing the tb thing or get a ssd and have a back up throw steam on the back up

it should still work just throw the icon on the desktop
 

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PC/Desktop
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CoreI7-6700K MrFingerIII Special Builds
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Windows 10 Home Premium 64bit sp1
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Intel I7-6700K @ 4.6 Ghz 1.344 volts everyday OC
Motherboard
Asrock Fatality K6 Z170 Socket 1151
Memory
32GB G-Skill TridentZ 3200mhz 16-18-18-38 DDR4
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Sli Gigabyte Windforce GTX 980 G1
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AC97 Creative Rage Tactic 3D Headphones Bluetooth
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27" Asus ROG Swift PG278Q G-Sync 48" Vizio Smart HD TV
Screen Resolution
2560x1440p 27"- 48" Currently Gaming at 2560x1440p Res 2K
Hard Drives
250GB Samsung Evo840SSD Seagate baracuda 500 GB WD Mybook 500Gb 1TB Seagate Barracuda
PSU
HX1050w Corsair Silver 80plus certified crosfire/sli
Case
Enthod Pro Full Tower
Cooling
Corsair H110i GT 280 mm High Performance WaterBlock
Keyboard
Logitech wireless keyboard
Mouse
Logitech wireless mouse
Internet Speed
Cox Cable 100+ mb
Antivirus
WebRoot Spysweeper with Antivirus
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IE-10, Chrome, Opera
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My Other Rig is a AMD FX8320E @4.6Ghz 16GB Ballistic Sport Ram
Mobo Asrock Fatality 990FX 120GB OCZ SSD 1TB Seagate Barracuda Corsair H75 Cooling PSU Corsair CX750
GPU GTX Gigabyte 970G1
Thank you RST101!!!! I was able to uninstall steam and reinstall to my larger drive and all seems to be working great. Thanks for helping me out, it is greatly appreciated!
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
cyberpower infinity8800 pro se
OS
Window 7 64bit
CPU
I7-960 3.2ghz 8M
Motherboard
Gigabyte x58a-ud3r 3ways crossfire&sli ddr3 usb 3.0 sata3
Memory
12gb
Graphics Card(s)
superclock evga nvidia gtx 470 1.25 gb
Hard Drives
30 gb kingston 2.5 in sata ssd mlc,

1tb sata III 6gb/s 7200rpm 64mb cache 3.5hd
Thank you also solarstarshines! I appreciate your expertise. I will refer to this forum often for my future computer fixes! Thanks again!!
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
cyberpower infinity8800 pro se
OS
Window 7 64bit
CPU
I7-960 3.2ghz 8M
Motherboard
Gigabyte x58a-ud3r 3ways crossfire&sli ddr3 usb 3.0 sata3
Memory
12gb
Graphics Card(s)
superclock evga nvidia gtx 470 1.25 gb
Hard Drives
30 gb kingston 2.5 in sata ssd mlc,

1tb sata III 6gb/s 7200rpm 64mb cache 3.5hd
Glad to be able to help and glad it's all sorted now, happy gaming:)
 

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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build.
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
CPU
i5 760 @ 4.2Ghz. 1.18v
Motherboard
Gigabyte - H55M-USB3
Memory
4g Corsair xms3 ddr3, 1600Mhz.
Graphics Card(s)
Gigabyte GTX-560Ti soc edition
Sound Card
Asus Xonar Dx - Logitech Z5500.
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer 22" LCD Wide screen 1680-1050 -Samsung 42" Plasma....
Screen Resolution
1680/1050 -----1920/1080p.
Hard Drives
2x 2TB Seagate Go Flex,
1x 1TB Seagate,
1x 640WD Black,
x16 Gig sandisc flash drive,
1x8Gig sandisc flash drive.
PSU
XigmaTek 80plus NRP-PC702 - 700w dual 30a.
Case
Venus Gamers Midi Tower Case with LED Display
Cooling
Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2... x2 Arctic F8 case fans........
Keyboard
Logitech G15-v2 Gaming.
Mouse
Microsoft Sidewinder X8.
Internet Speed
Virgin Media - 50mb down- 8mb up.
Other Info
x2 Xbox 360 wireless controllers...

Dual layer optical disc drive...

Chrome 79million

A.V = MSE
rncharlie72 said:
Thank you RST101!!!! I was able to uninstall steam and reinstall to my larger drive and all seems to be working great. Thanks for helping me out, it is greatly appreciated!
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lol. I had to do the same thing recently, as I was down to 12gb, and banking off that sick sale they had (awesome). It's rather a pain if you ask me. I wish steam would let you install stuff where ever but...

yeah, if you read the fine print on the steam store page for BO it says :
*Call of Duty®: Black Ops requires an initial hard drive space of approximately 24GB to download and install the game via digital download (8GB of compressed files, 8GB of decompressed files and 8GB of installed files). Upon installing the game, 16GB (compressed and decompressed files) may be deleted from the hard drive. Please make note of where the compressed and decompressed files are being saved on your hard drive in order to later locate these temporary files for removal.
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now thats a big*** game :D
 

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eMachines W3502
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Windows 7 Ultimate x32
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Intel Celeron D 3.2 Ghz 533 fsb (LGA 775)
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Intel D101GGC
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1 GB (2x512MB) PC-3200 DDR @ 200Mhz
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Nvidia GeForce 9400GT- 1GB
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Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreame Gamer
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19" LCD HDtv
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1360x768 @ 60Htz
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SeaGate Barracuda 750GB
SeaGate Barracuda 100GB
Toshiba CD/DVDW/ TS-H552D [DVD+R, DL]
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stock (idk)
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The busted remains of the stock case
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Dust cooled, waitwut?
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Stock. Missing a few keys.
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Logitech LX8 5-btn mouse (wireless)
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TWC 10Mb
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Keeps going, and going, and going.......
You can always leave Steam on the main drive, and use a junction to move the steamapps folder, or just certain games to another location.

Although an option, this is more trouble than its worth IMHO, and you still need the space initially to install to.

I just have Steam insatlled to its own drive as well, Much simpler.

But I do agree, it would be nice to have the option of where each game goes. A few I want on a SSD, some I dont care.
 

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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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Intel Core i7 2700k
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eVGA P67 SLI
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8GB Mushkin Redline Ridgebacks @1866
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EVGA GTX570 SC
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XiFi Titanium HD
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LG W2453V
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1920x1080
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Intel 320 80GB -- Intel X25-V 40GB --WD Black 1TB x2 -- WD Blue 640GB
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Seasonic x750
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Corsair 600T SE White
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eVGA Superclocked CPU Cooler
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Saitek Cyborg
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Kaspersky
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IE
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LG BD/DVD
rncharlie72 said:
Thank you also solarstarshines! I appreciate your expertise. I will refer to this forum often for my future computer fixes! Thanks again!!
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Glad you got it corrected :cool: you can also mark this thread as solved in the corner with the red triangle
 

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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
CoreI7-6700K MrFingerIII Special Builds
OS
Windows 10 Home Premium 64bit sp1
CPU
Intel I7-6700K @ 4.6 Ghz 1.344 volts everyday OC
Motherboard
Asrock Fatality K6 Z170 Socket 1151
Memory
32GB G-Skill TridentZ 3200mhz 16-18-18-38 DDR4
Graphics Card(s)
Sli Gigabyte Windforce GTX 980 G1
Sound Card
AC97 Creative Rage Tactic 3D Headphones Bluetooth
Monitor(s) Displays
27" Asus ROG Swift PG278Q G-Sync 48" Vizio Smart HD TV
Screen Resolution
2560x1440p 27"- 48" Currently Gaming at 2560x1440p Res 2K
Hard Drives
250GB Samsung Evo840SSD Seagate baracuda 500 GB WD Mybook 500Gb 1TB Seagate Barracuda
PSU
HX1050w Corsair Silver 80plus certified crosfire/sli
Case
Enthod Pro Full Tower
Cooling
Corsair H110i GT 280 mm High Performance WaterBlock
Keyboard
Logitech wireless keyboard
Mouse
Logitech wireless mouse
Internet Speed
Cox Cable 100+ mb
Antivirus
WebRoot Spysweeper with Antivirus
Browser
IE-10, Chrome, Opera
Other Info
My Other Rig is a AMD FX8320E @4.6Ghz 16GB Ballistic Sport Ram
Mobo Asrock Fatality 990FX 120GB OCZ SSD 1TB Seagate Barracuda Corsair H75 Cooling PSU Corsair CX750
GPU GTX Gigabyte 970G1
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