Error: There is not enough space on the disk -device mounted as folder

[Rhymer]

uTorrent 1.8.1, Windows XP. Files being downloaded to a large storage device mounted as a folder. uTorrent apparently does not see the actual space on the device but is using the reported (incorrectly, by Windows) disk space of the parent device.

Is there a way to have uTorrent ignore this incorrect disk space report?

[Switeck]

Did you do a Scandisk or chkdsk on the drive so windows would correct its free space estimate?

[Rhymer]

No, I tried that and it doesn't correct this file size listing. Checking on Microsoft web site, apparently this is a problem with the operating system they have known about since at least NT 4.0 (6,7,8,9 years?). Windows shows there is 908 kbytes free space. Actual space available on mounted volume is over 900 gigs.

[thelittlefire]

"Mounted as folder"?? How... Are you talking about junctions. What 'large storage device' are you using?

[DreadWingKnight]

"Mounted as folder"?? How...

Using disk management. NTFS partitions allow drives to be directly mounted as folders.

[Rhymer]

More on bug at:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/177127

[Switeck]

You will need to reconfigure the external storage as some other form of virtual device in windows so the free space isn't horribly wrong. ...Or free up some space on the parent device so it appears to have enough free space for whatever operation you're attempting.

[Rhymer]

Well, that IS "Bad News". Darn!

[Switeck]

Yep, that's just exactly what I meant by my title too...I often reply to messages here that others can't answer and inform them there's probably little hope.