ACBlackJ0ck Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) I'm trying to download an LA Noire DLC with a size of 664 MB but I keep getting the message that I don't have enough space, even though I have 15 GB! Why is this happening? Edited March 20, 2017 by ACBlackJ0ck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMDE Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) You sure it's 15GB and not 1.5GB? Often games need twice the space or whatever to install. Edited March 20, 2017 by MMDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevieboy Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, MMDE said: You sure it's 15GB and not 1.5GB? Often games need twice the space or whatever to install. The PS3 doesn't display free space in GB when it's under 10GB. So if there was 15GB free space it would say 15GB, and if there was 1.5GB free space it would say 1500MB. I would be surprised if someone mixed the two up. Edited March 20, 2017 by Stevieboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMDE Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Just now, Stevieboy said: The PS3 doesn't display free space in GB when it's under 10GB. So if there was 15GB free space it would say 15GB, and if there was 1.5GB free space it would say 1500MB. Yeah, might be it says 1500MB, and he mixes it up and thinks it's 15GB and not 1.5GB... idk? That would have explained the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevieboy Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Just now, MMDE said: Yeah, might be it says 1500MB, and he mixes it up and thinks it's 15GB and not 1.5GB... idk? That would have explained the problem. Double 664MB is still less than 1.5GB, so it still should have installed fine. Unless the PS3/PSN is just being awkward, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LikelyAtol77563 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Still not sure as the dlc is 664MB so he has at least 800mb free/left over after downloading the dlc if 1500MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACBlackJ0ck Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 Just now, MMDE said: You sure it's 15GB and not 1.5GB? Often games need twice the space or whatever to install. Yep I'm sure 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LikelyAtol77563 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 What copy of LA Noire do you own? Disc/Digital? GOTY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACBlackJ0ck Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 (edited) 1 minute ago, LikelyAtol77563 said: What copy of LA Noire do you own? Disc/Digital? GOTY? Digital copy of the Complete Edition, I've downloaded and installed all the other DLC. Edited March 20, 2017 by ACBlackJ0ck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 You may have a large section of the HDD corrupted and it's un-usable by the system...even though it counts as free blocks...Try installing another piece of software to see if the counter does change and the blank section is usable. You might also do a HDD back-up and try reformatting the HDD. REMEMBER, reformatting the HDD blanks it of all info and unless it is backed-up on another drive you will lose EVERYTHING. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LikelyAtol77563 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 What DLC is it? Consul's Car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACBlackJ0ck Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 Just now, LikelyAtol77563 said: What DLC is it? Consul's Car? Yes, that is the only DLC I'm having trouble with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheYuriG Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Do you have any downloads pending paused? It happens to me very frequently because of the halted downloads, i often need to cancel a few backlog games for dlc and updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACBlackJ0ck Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 1 minute ago, TheYuriG said: Do you have any downloads pending paused? It happens to me very frequently because of the halted downloads, i often need to cancel a few backlog games for dlc and updates No I have downloaded everything else. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LikelyAtol77563 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 It seems for the EU digital compete edition, that the Consul's car dlc is not included and thus needs to be purchased separately. I don't mean to sound patronizing but you have purchased it? http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Gaming-Network-Support/L-A-Noire-Complete-Edition-doesn-t-contain-Consul-s-Car/m-p/16795752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACBlackJ0ck Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 3 minutes ago, LikelyAtol77563 said: It seems for the EU digital compete edition, that the Consul's car dlc is not included and thus needs to be purchased separately. I don't mean to sound patronizing but you have purchased it? http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Gaming-Network-Support/L-A-Noire-Complete-Edition-doesn-t-contain-Consul-s-Car/m-p/16795752 It was free after I purchased the Complete Edition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alufeii Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 1 hour ago, PSXtreme_ said: You may have a large section of the HDD corrupted and it's un-usable by the system...even though it counts as free blocks...Try installing another piece of software to see if the counter does change and the blank section is usable. You might also do a HDD back-up and try reformatting the HDD. REMEMBER, reformatting the HDD blanks it of all info and unless it is backed-up on another drive you will lose EVERYTHING. This one seems to be the more realistic problem. Honestly, the simpler solution is to try to delete one game as a test to see if that it the issue. If that is the issue then re-downloading would be the more direct route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACBlackJ0ck Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 Okay I've removed 12 gigs worth of stuff and I'm finally able to download the DLC. Totally worth it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xionx Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Sometimes Ps4 /Ps3 is reserving way more space than necessary because of poorly designed "patch/data" structure. Im switched to digital over bluray a while ago and i can tell you it happens only for some devs. Sometimes it is a security system to reserve little bit more , but sometimes dlc/patch need to new structure already installed data and so it needs more space , because it copys the old structed data before it delet it again ..... so in end after finishing the download and installing you have more space again. Maybe a programmer or IT specialist can explain it better , but thats pretty much how it works as far as i know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautifulTorment Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I noticed once that no matter how much I deleted I would get a similar error until restarting the PS3. If you need 1 GB and free up 20, sometimes the console still doesn't recognize it until you've restarted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACBlackJ0ck Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 15 minutes ago, BeautifulTorment said: I noticed once that no matter how much I deleted I would get a similar error until restarting the PS3. If you need 1 GB and free up 20, sometimes the console still doesn't recognize it until you've restarted. I did restart the console a couple times. I had to delete stuff to download the DLC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-bake_1986 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I don't have a solution but I once tried to put a regular music CD on my PS3 with over 20gb of free space and it said insufficient space. Maybe it was a problem on some systems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBritishBaron Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 had a similar issue on the PS4, I had 20+gb free There was an update to SMITE that failed, and asked me to make space. The update was 32mb, explain that one The systems must need a certain amount of space.....for something.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMDE Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, TheBritishBaron said: had a similar issue on the PS4, I had 20+gb free There was an update to SMITE that failed, and asked me to make space. The update was 32mb, explain that one The systems must need a certain amount of space.....for something.... How big is the original install? It may be that the game needs the entire game + dlc worth of space extra to install the dlc? I don't know, just guessing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowxSakura Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 3 hours ago, PSXtreme_ said: You may have a large section of the HDD corrupted and it's un-usable by the system...even though it counts as free blocks...Try installing another piece of software to see if the counter does change and the blank section is usable. You might also do a HDD back-up and try reformatting the HDD. REMEMBER, reformatting the HDD blanks it of all info and unless it is backed-up on another drive you will lose EVERYTHING. That is a last resort, he can use the restore file system, and rebuild the database on the safe menu to check for anything corrupted and repair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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