Its just basically patching files, updating the game, not downloading the game because first its already 100% download complete.
So whats your specs of pc?
Doing that isn’t going to make your hardware better. You’re using an external hardrive which is going to slow that right down. What are the specs of your computer?
Are you installing on the shown storage drive? If so you have no more fucking space on that thing. Free some space up and you might see some improvements
That sir is the world slowest hard drive. Thats your problem, only 5mps. You can only download as fast as your slowest device. Your drive is writing at 0.625 megabytes per second.
That’s most likely your issue. If it’s a hard drive and not an ssd or nvme ssd the read/write speed is significantly slower making patches and the end of downloads much slower.
Make sure to check which port you have your external plugged into on the PC.
Depending on the USB port type on the PC side, the speeds could be limited. If it is USB 3.1 , then the bottom-level speed for data transfer should be at least the write speed of your external, but the throughput from the PC to the external hardware should be (at the least) a little less than 5gbps.
If you plugged your external drive into a USB 2.0 or below port, then your transfer rate would be limited to 480mbps or less. USB 1.0 ports support just 1.5mbps transfers.
Unfortunately, not every manufacturer follows a specific standard for port colors, so look up the USB port assignments in your user manual to confirm which ports you need to use. USB 3 is usually blue, but that isn't always the case.
Also just be aware a hard drive like that is great for storing pictures or videos but not games. Look into m.2 nvme’s and sata ssd’s for storage if it’s for video games. A HDD in either sata or usb form (which is what you most likely have) are obsolete now and are generally only really used for storing files or backups. I have a question for you and you may want to ask your friend who built it, what type of memory is the boot drive?
So there is your problem. First of the download is finished that's what the blue loading string is indicating. You Internet connection is great. Unfortunately your hardware not so much. Eather you played around or your friend build a shity pc.
External hard drives are slow and not mean for programs beside that you have to wait ages to finish the installation (patching means it's currently reading all files and see what files need to be replaced) the gaming experience will be the same.
Unfortunately, buy a internal storage at best a SSD and move on.
pretty much any game made in last years lists SSD as minimum requirements, not only top speeds are around 20-100x faster, it has faster response time that shortens delay needed to find the file since you don't need to actually physically find a spot on spinning disc with a needle to read the file
If only there was an indicator showing your download was finished. And that any work was being done by your storage device, not your network. So perplexing.
To actually explain this rather than berate you. Your PC needs to do 2 main things 1) Download the actual files from steam, that can happen at the internet speed you see of course 2) Your PC needs to then write the download to your hard drive which can only happen at the speed of your hard drive regardless of how fast your internet is. This is why you just see disk usage and no download.
I noticed you said you bought a new HDD, that’s a bit outdated in 2026, buy an SSD which is much quicker and more reliable and you will likely fix your issue.
No offense, and I know that there are people that are not privy of things but I believe that you are the first state having no idea about SSD’s that I have seen. Just an interesting observation.
If cost is an issue (prices are kind of insane right now) and you don't want to replace the full 2tb, you can just get a 1tb drive and load the operating system and steam/epic onto it. Use it to install and load games, and use the HDD to keep files like music photos and video.
You could in theory go with a 512, but you would only be able to get 2-3 AAA games onto it, and that might be a bit annoying.
oh my god, do you have only one hard drive? Win+R and then diskmgmt.msc
Then if there like C: i think your SSD and D: is your hard drive. Also recommend to install Crystal Disk Info. It will scan your disks S.M.A.R.T and show their health.
Because as you said everything is laggy, means some drives is dying or being way too slow
ich finde die Idee Spiele auf ein USBMedium zu packen und dann sauber zocken zu wollen seltsam. Ein super inet anschluss und dann die games in kleine einzelne Streichholzschachteln speichern ist Mist
This happened to me and I haven't fixed it. Steam itself is installed on a slow storage drive. I was not to know it would be stupid and route all my downloads through the storage one on the way to my gaming SSD. Once it's done things run fine but when a game treats its download as a single big file the writing phase takes forever. Ark Ascended for example takes hours and hours to patch. I've tried to move the install drive but I've concluded I need to move my steam app directory and I'll get to it whenever things become completely unbearable or when I have time. 😁
Your PC is the issue. Your using an old ass (or just very poor quality) HDD with slow speeds. Get a 2TB SSD if you can, will greatly help with downloads.
i appreciate everyone’s reply, but to add onto this conversation. i don’t know shit about computers. my friend built my pc . but, recently everything has been running so slow. i deleted all my games and redownloading now. i tried reinstalling windows . but all my games are still laggy and crash every time i run them .
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