Fixed: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered Disk Full Save Failed

Oblivion Remastered Save Failed

Oblivion Remastered, a remastered edition of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, has turned heads worldwide. Because of its phenomenal visuals and refined gameplay, it is a perfect return. However, some issues and errors are ruining your gaming experience. We have mentioned the crashing issue with a fatal error. Today, let’s focus on the disk full save failed error.

After several hours of gaming in Oblivion Remastered, a message pops up on the screen, saying “Disk Full – Save Failed”. This means you fail to save your game progress. You waste hours of time and effort. What a nightmare!

One reason for this may involve insufficient disk space as Oblivion Remastered requires at least 125GB of available space. Besides, the not saving error may stem from the interference with antivirus software. After viewing some forums, we find several proven solutions to help you out.

Fix 1: Check Disk Space and Free up

Check the hard drive that The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered is installed on (for Steam, usually C). Make sure you have 125GB of free space for the game. If it is insufficient, take measures to free up some space. You can run the PC cleaner – MiniTool System Booster to do this task.

Via its Deepclean feature, you easily delete Internet temporary files, Windows temporary files, and other junk files. With the Advanced Uninstaller tool under Toolbox, you uninstall unwanted apps to release much disk space for gaming. Install and launch such software for a try.

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Besides, MiniTool System Booster works well in optimizing the PC for gaming by ending background-intensive tasks, increasing CPU performance, freeing up RAM, setting a power plan, etc. In case of Oblivion Remastered lagging, stuttering, or low FPS, this tune-up software is worth a try.

However, sometimes you still get “Disk Full – Save Failed” in the game even though you have enough space. In that case, the following tips will help.

Fix 2: Create a New Saved Folder

When suffering from disk full save failed in Oblivion Remastered, some users have solved this issue by creating a new folder for save files.

To do that:

Step 1: In File Explorer, copy & paste %userprofile%\Documents\My Games to the address bar and press Enter.

Step 2: Open the Oblivion Remastered folder and create a folder called Saved.

Step 3: Then create another one inside Saved named SaveGames.

This way has proven helpful to many users. It doesn’t actually create any save files but gets rid of the error message.

Fix 3: Run Oblivion Remastered as Admin

Maybe the game doesn’t have the necessary permissions to write data, resulting in the disk full save failed error. Someone successfully solved this issue by running Oblivion Remastered as an administrator. So, give it a try.

Step 1: Open File Explorer and access the path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Oblivion Remastered. It is the default installation directory of this game.

Step 2: Move to Binaries > Win64, locate the OblivionRemastered-Win64-Shipping exe file, right-click on it, and choose Properties.

Step 3: Under Compatibility, tick Run this program as an administrator.

Step 4: Save the change.

If you are a Legion Go Xbox Game Pass user, take these steps:

1. Go to Xbox app > Oblivion > Setting Cog > Manage > Add shortcut to desktop to add Oblivion Remastered as a shortcut.

2. Right-click on the shortcut and run as administrator.

According to a Reddit user, after several tests, the saves remain when no longer running it as an administrator.

Fix 4: Allow Oblivion Remastered Through Windows Defender

On your PC, Windows Defender may block any files created by The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. In protection history, you can see multiple entries saying “Protected folder access blocked“.

After clicking them, you notice multiple executables are blocked from accessing the game save files, including steam.exe and OblivionRemastered-Win64-Shipping.exe. This is why you meet the Oblivion Remastered save failed error.

To solve the issue:

Step 1: Go to Windows Security > Virus & threat protection > Protection history.

Step 2: Select Allow on device from the drop menu of Actions.

Other 2 Tips from Specific Users on Reddit

1. Make a total and complete reinstallation of Steam and Oblivions Remastered. Then, disable the cloud save from the get-go.
2. Delete a few save files (in-game) if you just manually save every 5 minutes.

The End

Are you struggling with the Oblivion Remastered disk full save failed error? After trying these given solutions, you should address the issue. Enjoy your game!

By the way, we strongly recommend using MiniTool ShadowMaker to automatically back up your game save files to avoid losing game progress due to other reasons. Just launch this PC backup software, find the save files and choose them, specify a storage path, and begin a full backup. For automatic backups, hit Options > Schedule Settings and configure a plan.

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