Will the download file be corrupted in case of a blackout?

[mabauti]

I can't check the file right now b/c is at 60%.

Any comments/suggestions?

[Ultima]

I think the most that can be corrupted are a few pieces of the file(s), not the whole thing. If a piece gets corrupted, it should fail the hash check, and µTorrent should redownload it.

[abbad0n]

Also afterwards you can force a recheck (torrent must be stopped for option to be available).

I run µTorrent on a laptop (protected by a UPS on the powerline - connected to the internet via wifi so dataline is also protected) so I don't have problems with losing anything I'm currently running. If I lose the connection I just wait for power to be re-established and I'm set (assuming my DSL modem and wifi router survived).

[mabauti]

OK, I stopped for a while & forced recheck. UT didn't anounce anything.

Thanks for the advices guys.

[Switeck]

There is also a possibility the WHOLE torrent gets lost because of a blackout.

When/if that happens, you need CHKDSK/SCANDISK to recover the file (as lost allocation units)...then you have to rename it and put it back in the right place and tell µTorrent to rescan it.

[Nefarious]

i've suffered many blacouts when torrenting (or whatever it is called), never suffered more than like 15-20MB in losses, (the pieces that were currently incomplete) never seen any full download loss thou, didnt know that could happen

[chaosblade]

I think thats a very rare condition. I mean, It's not like you're caching the whole torrent in memory before writing it to the harddrive etc.

[Switeck]

Losing a whole torrent or at least a whole file in a multi-file torrent is only likely to happen if the file is open for writing and the blackout occurs in the middle of a write operation -- the end of the file isn't "capped" (no EoF), and the disk directory table concludes it's corrupted data tossing it...when it's rebooted.