Restoring torrents aftes OS reinstall

[tom5]

I had a torrent in the queue but after I reinstalled the system it's gone. Is there any way to point to that directory with the files and continue downloading?

I tried to download this again: renamed the old directory (with partially downloaded files) to allow utorrent create a new one, opened the torrent from the www site, closed utorrent and then copied the files from that old dir to the directory utorrent created but the progress is 0% (was ~50%) :/

BTW: pity utorrent doesn't store the settings in its own directory...

Edit: DO NOT make two threads for the same problem, and this type of thread goes in Troubleshooting, not General.

[ScubaSteve]

u should have saved the torrent file from your µTorrent appdata folder. its still fixable, simply download the torrent file from where u originally got it and then open it and point the save place to where the data is already stored. µTorrent will check the data and continue the download.

[netwar]

utorrent saves the settings in

C:\Documents and Settings\#USERNAME#\Application Data\uTorrent

usually on C Drive, and using 2000 or XP.. dunno on 95 or ME ... don't have it to tell you..

Also.. if you downloaded the .torrent file again, and just want to get and resume.. you need to point the torrent to the old (temporary) directory... renaming the directory will create a new one and will download everything again.. just run or open the .torrent and point to the directory that has the files.. and will start checking how much you have..

Oh!.. and if you reinstalled the OS.. and you had 2000/xp and didn't reformat C drive (or the drive the documents and settings are saved) then just go to the document's and settings and you will have an old #USERNAME#directory there.. copy the directory of utorrent to your actual username... and should work ..

netwar

[Animorc]

You don't need to store any files to be able to resume a torrent. Rename the folder to the correct name and make sure that the files in it are correctly named. Then you can resume downloading without any problems.

If you have started the torrent and copied the half-finished files into the new download-directory, you will need to perform a hash-check on the files. To do that, rightclick the torrent and press "Force Recheck"

[Firon]

settings are stored by default in %appdata%\uTorrent, so if you didn't format, go to C:\Documents and Settings, look for your old username, then Application Data and uTorrent. and if you read the FAQ, you can make µTorrent store settings in its own directory.

And for a torrent with a directory, you have to point it to the folder ABOVE that directory.

Let's say it was saved in C:\Torrents\Somegame

You would point µTorrent to C:\Torrents in the save dialog.

Also, since you were adding files to the directory manually, you have to stop the torrent and use Force re-check to make it check the new data.

[tom5]

Thank you all - it worked.

Firon: I double-posted it by mistake - sorry.

[forcedtoregister]

Firon said

..and if you read the FAQ, you can make µTorrent store settings in its own directory.

This is what I have looked for but cannot find it anywhere, any help in finding it would be appreciated, thanks.

[1c3d0g]

http://www.utorrent.com/faq.php#How_can_I_use_.C2.B5Torrent_on_a_USB_key_or_other_removable_drive.3F

[forcedtoregister]

1c3d0g, I don't see any solution there, if your link was supposed to answer my query.

To clarify: I want to use a custom folder of my choice for utorrents settings files.

[1c3d0g]

Either %AppData%\uTorrent or the folder you stored utorrent.exe in, sorry. If there's another way I'm not aware of it... :|

[forcedtoregister]

Ah, now I get it , I can place the settings files into the folder where I have utorrent.exe. I was being really slow minded, thanks for answering 1c3d0g.