The "5MB free space" error in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (AW) is a notorious legacy bug that has plagued players since its 2014 launch. Despite the message claiming a lack of disk space, it is almost never a literal storage issue; players with hundreds of gigabytes free still encounter the prompt. Instead, this error is often a "catch-all" dialogue triggered by deeper system conflicts, particularly related to virtual memory management and file permissions. The Illusion of Insufficient Space

Click Verify integrity of game files to repair any missing or broken data. Summary Table of Fixes Fix Method Primary Target Difficulty Folder Permissions Permission conflicts Delete players2 folder Corrupted config System Managed Page File Virtual memory issues Run as Admin OS-level restrictions

6. Reinstall DirectX & Visual C++ Runtimes

• Run the DirectX installer inside the game folder:
  [Game install]\_CommonRedist\DirectX\Jun2010\DXSETUP.exe
• Reinstall all Visual C++ redistributables (2010–2022) from Microsoft’s site.

For PS5:

1. Navigate to: Steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty Advanced Warfare\players2\
2. Open config.cfg with Notepad.
3. Look for seta cl_writePath and seta cl_readPath.
4. Change them to:
   • savegame.svg
   • savegameX.svg (Where X is a number)

   Method 2: Delete Corrupted Profile

   Reduce Virtual Memory Scale: Go to the game's players2 folder and open config.cfg with a text editor. Search for the line seta r_videoMemoryScale "1" and change the value from 1 to 0.5.