Steam will not read my hdd

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So I wiped my hard drive by repartitioning it, as I wanted a complete fresh start on my PC. Now Steam will not read my hard drive, and I am unable to download any games.

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please do lsblk -f in wide terminal n show results

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Sda is the one in question

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well it doesnt have any partitions or filesystems on it, as shown in pic

use Disks app. make an ext4 partition on it.

gnome-disks

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What is gnome disk?

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type this precisely in terminal, and press enter and u'll see

choose drive, click the free space, click the + button and follow thru. use ext4

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after a partition is created, follow this: #1297195485144154164 message

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It worked! Thank you!!

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did u reboot?

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I did not. Should I?

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yep

once rebooted, do lsblk -f to see where you will find your drive. note the mountpoint.

maximize the terminal first

• lsblk (list block storage)

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• with -f flag (show filesystem info)

u didnt set the automount up

reread n follow the instructions

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I had it enabled but didn't mount

Wait hold on...

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click ok. then reboot

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then see details after fresh boot

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That look better?

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no. maximize the terminal. press the up arrow, and rerun that command

nvm it's all there. just set ur steam libray to use that location listed as the mountpoint

u can visit same location in file manager and bookmark it too. then rename the bookmark on the side to something nicer