where has my data gone?

[xlr99]

i used utorrent to obtain some data, and while the utorrent interface and everything else says i have successfully acquired it, my 'my documents' folder tells me these documents are '0 bytes' in size. what's going on?

[thelittlefire]

uTorrent knows where your data is. Check the General tab, Save as field.

[xlr99]

here's the thing:

i used utorrent and got 1.3G of movie material in 2 files, and in my 'my downloads' folder in my computer the files exist, and even show their size using the details tab but when you ask for their properties using the file tab it says '0 bytes'.

so while i downloaded 1.3G, the files have zero content in them.

am i making sense?

[thelittlefire]

Right, so does the Save As field show that folder ... or something else? You can also try right click, open containing folder ...

[xlr99]

i have the 2 documents i downloaded in my computer with the names and format all correct... even the folder that has these documents show- when using the 'details' view to see name, size, type, date modified etc.- that these documents are 600 and 700MB.

the mystery is that when i move my pointer over the folder that has these 2 files, it says that the folder is empty. so where have the 1.3G gone?

when i looked at the files with winrar it described them as a system folder. does that make sense?

[thelittlefire]

So ... if you right click, force recheck the data, you're saying it goes to 0% :/ It really shouldn't say size on disk = 0 bytes, with 1.3 Gigs as Size of data. You're sure there aren't two copies of the data in your documents/downloads folder??

[xlr99]

i moved the folder from where it was in 'my downloads' to my desktop and it worked!

HA!

thanks for your help, much appreciated. :-)

[tentenths]

thelittlefire...

I'm running the latest mac beta and I downloaded 30 of 45 gigs and then had a power loss. When I opened up again the "Downloaded" was back at 0 but it did show 30 gigs as "transferred" I have tried force checking and moving the data folder.

Any suggestions?

[thelittlefire]

Suggestions where? What happens when you recheck.

Use the correct forum next time.

[Firon]

Mac support is not in this subforum. This subforum is only for WINDOWS troubleshooting.

[tentenths]

you might want to note that on the forum header or remove the link on the mac beta page.

[DreadWingKnight]

Users might want to actually read the section of the forums they're in and notice the windows tag vs the mac tag.