Steam download stopping, busy writing to disk, is HDD speed the problem?

[Shadowsteppa]

Hey every1,

In my pc I have a SSD (Samsung 850 EVO - 250GB MZ-75E250B/EU)
and a normal HDD (Western digital Caviar Green 2TB WD20EZRX)
Both are 2 weeks old.

When I tried to install Shadow of Mordor and GTA V on the normal HDD through Steam, it stopped downloading when it said "busy writing to disk". I tried over and over but it won't progress past the point that it initially stops. Is my HDD speed the problem? I installed Titanfall through Origin without any problems.

When I install the same stuff on my SSD, there are no problems while downloading/installing.
Would buying a faster, say 7200 rpm 64mb cache HDD (for games only then) solve the problem?

Thanks in advance, really annoying stuff

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The Greens are to slow , get a WD Blue or Black 7200 rpm.

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Hey there, Shadowsteppa!

I'm sorry to hear about your issues with the WD Green, but @SR-71 Blackbird has a point here!
The Green is our secondary storage solution drive, purposed to serve as a backup or massive storage HDD. It incorporates IntelliPower which makes the hard drive spin down regularly in order to save power. Here's a link to WD Green's product page, where you will find all its features: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=CjhjgS
If you want to use Steam on your secondary drive, I'd suggest you to consider the WD Black indeed. It's our 'gaming' drive and it is designed to deliver high-performance in your system with its 7200 RPM and 64 MB cache. Here you can read more about its advantages: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=POEuPk

Hope these were helpful! Let me know if you have any questions!
SuperSoph_WD