Steam Runs - But Won't Download

could be that somehow you have it set to only DL at certain times. check that aswell, I found there was a 3am - 7am setting and even if I set a DL to start at any other time it would not work.
 
the best thing to do with these sort of problems is do a trace route but unfortunately steam uses about 20 ips to connect so another way to check is try ur pc on another connection other then the one u got or maybe try using a VPN if u havn't got access to another connection i'm sure some ppl in here could tell u the best ones to try.
 
I did try a few things last night.

I installed Steam on my Laptop - which I left on Wireless and it worked perfectly fine. So it's not a connection problem.
This morning it actually worked for about 5-6 minutes, enough to download Torchlight 2 and half of Shadowrun Returns before it went 'offline'. Yesterday it only lasted 10-30 seconds!



There is 1 thing I'm thinking though...

I'm wondering if it's the install of my OS. I've tried it 3 times but when I install it again, there are still a load of settings and stored files from when I last used my PC in 2013. Already 200GB used up on the HDD after a fresh install.

How likely is it that this could cause problems with Steam when it's looking for file locations etc?

I'm running 32 bit windows, but it stil lcreated 2 program file folders, one with (x86) next to it. Steam installs in the other one which is weird as that's the 64 bit file...



1 other thing is I have a guest staying for 1 week and I noticed when I created my home network, it was asking ME for HIS password so I wonder if that could be creating some kind of problem.
Not sure why the Laptop would be fine in that situation though...



How can I completely wipe Windows 7 and the HDD in it's entirety?
I tried the command prompt method I kept seeing online but the commands just do nothing for me when I follow the step by step guide.

I'd like to wipe it clean, 100% and just truly install everything from scratch - currently I'm just installing it and it's keeping all the files from the previous version when it wipes it.
 
blitzwing85 said:
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I'd like to wipe it clean, 100% and just truly install everything from scratch - currently I'm just installing it and it's keeping all the files from the previous version when it wipes it.
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Are you installing from DVD or USB. Which ever it is, enter your PC Bios (usually press DEL at start up) and select Boot Device accordingly. So if you have the DVD set your DVD as your Boot Device #1. Then pop the DVD in and restart your PC.

After a short time you will arrive at the W7 Setup Screen. Tap through the options until you are asked where you want to install. On that screen look for Advanced Drive Options and now you have Format available.

Format and yuou are good to go with a nice full fresh install.

Allow Windows to complete all updates and SPs before installing anything else. Quite a few to get through.

Hope that helps.
 
I've been installing via USB, but never seen any options to format it during the Windows 7 setup.

Only options I was offered was 'advanced' or 'custom'.
Advanced said it would just keep all my settings etc so I used Custom - but then once it started it just kept going until done and still kept all my settings...

I thought I'd get to decide what to do myself - and format as you suggest.

Only other screen that pops up is asking where to install it. System reserved drive or C drive.
I'll do it again tonight and make sure I wasn't being stupid and clicking through without reading!
 
blitzwing85 said:
I've been installing via USB, but never seen any options to format it during the Windows 7 setup.

Only options I was offered was 'advanced' or 'custom'.
Advanced said it would just keep all my settings etc so I used Custom - but then once it started it just kept going until done and still kept all my settings...

I thought I'd get to decide what to do myself - and format as you suggest.

Only other screen that pops up is asking where to install it. System reserved drive or C drive.
I'll do it again tonight and make sure I wasn't being stupid and clicking through without reading!
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Are you starting from boot up or from within Windows. If its within Windows its really an upgrade your doing. From boot is the way to go for a fresh install
 
Komedy said:
Are you starting from boot up or from within Windows. If its within Windows its really an upgrade your doing. From boot is the way to go for a fresh install
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Ah OK I see. I was doing it from within Windows as when I tried to configure the USB as a boot device it kept saying there was an error. So I just started Windows and ran the setup.exe from there.

I'll try to get a DVD from someone to save buying a pack and burn it onto that instead to bypass the USB method as I don't think it's allowing me to configure it properly.
 
blitzwing85 said:
Ah OK I see. I was doing it from within Windows as when I tried to configure the USB as a boot device it kept saying there was an error. So I just started Windows and ran the setup.exe from there.

I'll try to get a DVD from someone to save buying a pack and burn it onto that instead to bypass the USB method as I don't think it's allowing me to configure it properly.
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Go here http://arstechnica.com/business/2009/12/the-usb-flash-drive/


This will allow you to create a bootable Windows 7 USB install from your DVD or another ISO. Instructions and DL link in the above.
 
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That's the method I was using as I had that program from doing this previously when I built the PC. Goes through the process then just says it failed to configure it as a bootable device.

I got some DVDs from work though so I can stick it on there and try it.


Regarding new HDD - I only have a 500 GB one in there so could probably do with picking up a new one and going for SSD or SSHD. If i'm going to start using it more now then 500 GB is no longer sufficient.
 
blitzwing85 said:
Only other screen that pops up is asking where to install it. System reserved drive or C drive.
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This is the screen you need.
When you get to this point there should be a "drive options" button/link near the bottom of the window, click that and use the next set of options to delete the partition. Windows will automatically format it when installing so you won't need to do that yourself.
 
Well I formatted the drive completely and did a fresh install - still the same problem.

Have submitted a ticket with steam support but not holding out for much.

I now can't think of a single reason why this is happening...
 
WTF...lol

I managed to get hold of a 30m Ethernet cable and it's now working (so far).
Had it download games for 30 minutes now with no issues.

No idea why it worked on my Laptop wireless though - it was one of the first things I tried to rule it out.

My wireless adaptor is really good and gets 100% signal constantly, never had connection problems with anything, ever.
So, chalk it down to another weird PC fault - Steam won't work with this wireless network adaptor, yet it works fine with my crappy Laptop one that barely even works...:eek:

Anyway - on the plus side, I'd rather play games with a cable in anyway so I'll just keep this 30m cable in the draw and use it when I want to game...then just put it away when using the PC for normal internet usage. Easy enough.
 
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