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Steam downloads freezing on external HDD?

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SquireZed

I'm trying to download a game onto my external HDD, and the download constantly freezes as it progresses, around 7%, and when I restart it, the download tries to start from scratch. Any suggestions?

Edit: I figured it out; my media player decided that playing music should hog the entire drive access, and didn't play nice with Steam. Restarting the program fixed it.

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Check your HDD for broken sectors. I had that problem with an older external HDD and had to replace it.

Edit: http://www.hdtune.com/

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SquireZed

Thanks for the advice; it's a new drive, so I don't think that's the problem. The downloads seem to have unfrozen, but I'm not sure why. More troubleshooting will ensue.

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