Steam keeps forgetting

xcelr8

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I had been having the memory reference error with steam lately but think i am over it thankfully due to using new drivers. Recently, however, i have had the following problem. I will go to logon to steam and it will have forgotten my password for some reason, i re-enter it and login just fine. However, when i go to play hl2, cs:source, or deathmatch (the only games i install) it tells me they aren't ready to play. This just happened tonight, I had them all installed and updated for a few days now since my last update and actually played cs at about 6pm, I then quit and closed steam to go to a class, came back at 10, steam had forgotten my password when i went to sign on and tells me cs is only 20% complete. It's "downloading" all of the files again, but it's not making the valve folder any bigger. It's as if it forgot the game was installed and is now checking every file to make sure it's there. Has anybody else had this/does any one know of a fix?

Summary: I go to logon to steam, my password is gone, I logon and it tells me that all games which were fully installed and playable are about 30% complete and must be redownloaded to play. Has this happened to another? Is there a fix?
 

DaveSimmons

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Are you overclocking? If so, it might not bet stable.

Have you run memtest?

Have you used Windows' disk tools to check for filesystem errors?

Have you checked for a virus, trojan, adware infection?
 

xcelr8

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My system isn't overclocked. I haven't run memtest, but I have run prime95 for over 24 hours, i know this isn't the same thing. I did use checkdisk to check for bad sectors etc. and it reported none and I am running norton antivirus as well as adaware, both updated. Is there someway adaware might be deleting a file from steam that it needs to recognize the games?
 

xcelr8

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Yea, it doens't seem likely to me either. I should really get memtest and try that out. I did get new ram recently, but I have had these errors even after taking that stick out.
 

skace

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I wouldn't expect it to be memory or anything. Possibly a virus or a bad hard drive that is corrupting data. Those are the only scenarios that make any sense. Or some strange Steam bug.
 

xcelr8

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Is there another better way to check my harddrive than using scandisk? Also, is there another/better way to check more completely for viruses than running norton antivirus under winxp? Both of those options have shown no errors/viruses.
 

xcelr8

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Does anybody have advice on a program to use to check for disk errors? Scandisk (or checkdisk? the one with winxp) reported no problems. Thanks for the help.
 

apoppin

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try uninstalling ALL your Steam games then defrag your HD and reinstall everything all over again . . . . if you play mostly offline, make sure Steam starts in offline mode

 

xcelr8

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checkdisk found a corrupted file on the drive, but no bad sectors. Does this mean the driver is still faulty or could something else be the problem? Thanks again. I'm trying to reinstall steam on a different hd to see if i get the same problems.
 
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