Bittorrent question

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2004-03-04 08:21am

Is there any way, other than occasionally stopping and restarting the torrent, to prevent everything I have downloaded from being lost if my computer decides to shut down?

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2004-03-04 09:03am

Erm, it shouldn't be lost anyway.

Hamel · Post by **Hamel** » 2004-03-04 10:53am

XaLEv wrote:Is there any way, other than occasionally stopping and restarting the torrent, to prevent everything I have downloaded from being lost if my computer decides to shut down?

Your question isn't exactly clear

The data should be there after an unexpected system reset, and you can resume from there~

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2004-03-04 10:59am

Embracer Of Darkness wrote:Erm, it shouldn't be lost anyway.

At least the earlier versions of BitTorrent could lose a couple of percents of the download if the computer chrashes in the middle of downloading. I once lost over a gigabyte due a computer crash caused by a power-out, but I've heard that the problem should be fixed in the later versions.

Cyborg Stan · Post by **Cyborg Stan** » 2004-03-04 11:00am

You mean for some reason if your computer conks out and you try to resume the same file it simply starts over from the beginning?

If that's the case, it happens to me too. I simply run ScanDisk over it.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-03-04 12:00pm

Are you running FAT32? That will cause problems if you computer unexpectedly shuts down.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2004-03-04 12:05pm

Cyborg Stan wrote:You mean for some reason if your computer conks out and you try to resume the same file it simply starts over from the beginning?

phongn wrote:Are you running FAT32? That will cause problems if you computer unexpectedly shuts down.

Yes.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-03-04 12:38pm

Looks like your download got someone corrupted in the reboot and BitTorrent had to restart again. I'm guessing that you can't use NTFS.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2004-03-04 02:20pm

Sir Sirius wrote:
Embracer Of Darkness wrote:Erm, it shouldn't be lost anyway.
At least the earlier versions of BitTorrent could lose a couple of percents of the download if the computer chrashes in the middle of downloading. I once lost over a gigabyte due a computer crash caused by a power-out, but I've heard that the problem should be fixed in the later versions.

Warning: Never, ever, use the original Bittorrent client. I've heard nothing but horror. That's probably the problem right there. You need the shad0w client.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2004-03-04 02:33pm

Embracer Of Darkness wrote:Warning: Never, ever, use the original Bittorrent client. I've heard nothing but horror. That's probably the problem right there. You need the shad0w client.

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Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2004-03-04 03:14pm

Embracer Of Darkness wrote:Warning: Never, ever, use the original Bittorrent client. I've heard nothing but horror. That's probably the problem right there. You need the shad0w client.

I've been running BT with the original client literary 24/7 for 6 months and I've had problems with it just once (the incident mentioned above) and that was with an older version.

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