"Error: Write to Disk: Access Denied" shows now when I'm dwnloading

dobbyisfree · 2012-09-08 20:34:39

With no disk in my laptop, this message comes up around the time the torrent has been 0.09% downloaded. I'm not trying to put anything onto a disk, and I downloaded many torrents before and had no issues. I did nothing different, but no all of a sudden it's giving me this issue and it's frustrating. I've become addicted to Game of Thrones and really wanna download a torrent for an episode I was on. Please HELP! N:(

Powerslave · 2012-09-09 09:30:07

What do you mean no DISK in your laptop? You booted it up from the hard disk, didn't you?

dobbyisfree · 2012-09-09 16:56:18

Yes I have a hard drive. I meant if its referring to a DVD or CD, there is nothing in.

Powerslave · 2012-09-09 17:28:00

It would not be referring to an optical drive unless you picked, or somehow the target drive setting was changed. Mine asks me for every download, I do not have a set path.

Anti-Virus software, when scanning a file, LOCKS the file, thus any other program wanting access at that point in time, is denied access. McAfee is known for this. I use Comodo, and never have these issues. Anti-Virus scans a file on Creation, Reads, and Writes. For troubleshooting purposes, turn off, disable, or exit any Anti-Virus software you have, see if that stops it.

Check your PATH for where files are being saved.

A going bad or faulty hard disk can cause these issues too.

dobbyisfree · 2012-09-09 17:45:42

where do i check my PATH and what changes should be made to it?

IrishHare · 2012-10-27 12:01:41

Got the same error intermittently. Torrent would start OK, then after a while it would stop with Access Denied error. Moved torrent to a new disc, same problem. Shut it down, and started using "Run as Administrator" and working fine. Strange as I am running from an Administrator account, but works for me! Have just moved from XP to Windows 7 so assume something to do with Windows 7 permissions. There is an option to "Elevated" in some utilities which is higher than normal Administrator. Looks like "Run as Administrator" does the same.

DreadWingKnight · 2012-10-27 18:44:37

Security properties on the folder.

AGAIN.

Why don't people read and search?

jsillup · 2012-10-27 18:57:32

@IrishHare, what you describe will happen in Windows 7 if you have uTorrent installed in Program Files and also have settings.dat in the same folder because applications are not allowed to write to Program Files as they were in Windows XP in order to provide some protection against malware. Running uTorrent as Administrator grants the necessary permission for it to write to protected folders (and the registry), which it will not otherwise have regardless of being run from an Administrator account. A permanent solution is to grant Full Control to Users (or add Everyone and grant Full Control) for the folder in which you have uTorrent installed. Right click on the folder and select Security to do this.

jsillup · 2012-10-27 19:05:05

DreadWingKnight wrote:

Security properties on the folder.AGAIN.Why don't people read and search?

Because many people expect to be able to use computers as if they were appliances. And it seems many want to use uTorrent as if it were just a download manager.

IrishHare · 2012-10-28 00:30:01

@jsillup Thanks for the informative and useful answer. Windows 7 is a learning curve - one sort of expects that what worked in Xp wil work in Windows 7!

bubuy · 2012-11-28 16:11:29

I had this error too! but then i noticed that before i click ok (the dialog box where you check/uncheck the files) i saw at the upper part that my save point (save in) was different (C:/users) so i changed it and then! its working now! hope this helps..

cavalry69 · 2012-12-04 21:16:11

ok guys i found a solution for me it might work for you too

1. right click on the torrent displaying the message error: write disk...
2. go to "advanced"
3. go to "set download location"
4a. simply click the "downloads" option under favorites (if you have windows 7 like me)
4b. if you don't have windows 7, simply choose the folder where your downloads usually go (don't know if it will work but i'm really sure it will work)
5. then right click the torrent again
6. choose the "start" option and it should start downloading after a few seconds

let me know if it worked for you guys

theoldfarter · 2012-12-07 01:28:56

@jsillup. Clean install of Windows 8 & got the "write to disk: Access is denied" message. Your "permissions" fix did the trick. Thanks.

jsillup · 2012-12-07 06:34:46

theoldfarter wrote:

Thanks

Glad to have helped.

emsoza · 2012-12-07 10:48:43

cavalry69 wrote:

ok guys i found a solution for me it might work for you too
1. right click on the torrent displaying the message error: write disk...
2. go to "advanced"
3. go to "set download location"
4a. simply click the "downloads" option under favorites (if you have windows 7 like me)
4b. if you don't have windows 7, simply choose the folder where your downloads usually go (don't know if it will work but i'm really sure it will work)
5. then right click the torrent again
6. choose the "start" option and it should start downloading after a few seconds
let me know if it worked for you guys

THNX!!!!!!

Lokemaster · 2013-02-04 14:37:01

FIX(it worked for me, I use win8). So this is for win 8.
1. run in compatibility mode for win7
2. run as admin.

It should work now.

workwork · 2013-04-21 11:58:51

emsoza wrote:

cavalry69 wrote:
ok guys i found a solution for me it might work for you too
1. right click on the torrent displaying the message error: write disk...
2. go to "advanced"
3. go to "set download location"
4a. simply click the "downloads" option under favorites (if you have windows 7 like me)
4b. if you don't have windows 7, simply choose the folder where your downloads usually go (don't know if it will work but i'm really sure it will work)
5. then right click the torrent again
6. choose the "start" option and it should start downloading after a few seconds
let me know if it worked for you guys

THNX!!!!!!

WORKS GREAT THANKS

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