MurDuR Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Morning!I have downloaded some files that I have moved to a different hard drive. I wish to continue seeding these files, but I now get an error saying that utorrent cannot locate these files. Please can somebody advise me how I get utorrent to point at these moved files, so that I can continue to seed?I know, a noob question, but I am a noob to all this! I promise, I looked for the answer, but I couldn't find it - probably cos it is so simple, I will kick myself when you answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Stop the torrent. Right click on it > Advanced > Set Dwl Location and then choose the new folder where are your data.Restart the torrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurDuR Posted December 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Thanks for the hint moogly. Problem is, I did as you said, now utorrent is downloading the file again, it does not seem to realise that the file exists in its entirety already.Heyulp!Quick update :- It seems to be DL'ing the file at 800 kb/s. It is not checking the file, but re-downloading it VERY fast. I am confused! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Make sure you selected the correct directory. See the Save As path in the General tab in the Detailed Info pane. Chances are, you selected the directory instead of the *container* directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurDuR Posted December 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Ok, the location of my file is D:\My Videos\Movies\My Film. This path contains the file 'My Film' (obviously, not naming the file!). 'My Film' is complete, no need to download it again.I want to seed this file, but it won't. It is just downloading it again; even though the full file is complete.Sorry to be such a pain, I just want to get this right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelittlefire Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 If set download location and CLICKING My Film for the torrent My Film.torrent didn't work, your data is lost. DOUBLE CHECK on the General tab, Save As that your data is being looked for at d:\my videos\movies\my film and not \movies\my film\my film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurDuR Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Sorry thelittlefire, but you seem to misunderstand what I am meaning. I have not lost the file, I have the file. I have moved the file (in this case, a film, but I have LOTS of files I wish to seed, but from a different location than the original dl location.)Guys and gals, I just want to continue to seed the files I have downloaded after I have moved them. Please can somebody explain how I do this? The solution moogly stated does not work. I wish to seed from a secondary drive and not my main drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 My solution works if your 2nd HD is detected by your OS.Use Set Dwl Location function to indicate the new folder where you moved your data, what does matter if it's an external HD, an USB device etc...A second solution is to edit resume.dat with the freeware BE http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=31306 and change the path of the torrents you moved. Then restart the torrents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurDuR Posted December 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Thanks moogly, fast response there sir!I did try your initial solution, but as previously stated, that just made utorrent want to download the whole file again; yes, I DID triple check that I was pointing to the correct folder!What I have now done, is to just change the download location for ALL downloads to my 2nd drive, where I can seed away happily! Thanks for your patience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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