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Every single time I run a torrent, no matter what its contents or size, it'll run for a little while and then this happens.

Error: Not enough free space on disk.

I've read the in-help explanation several times: FAT32 volumes cannot handle a write of more than 4GiB at once. Although it's true that the drive I'm writing to is FAT32, it can't be the right explanation because there is no way for any of my torrents to be writing 4GiB, or to be creating such a file, at once. I've turned off preallocation so that can't be it, and none of the torrents I use are even that large in total size.

I'll sidestep. I force start and it'll go for anywhere from five seconds to twenty minutes. Then, wham.

Error: Not enough free space on disk.

I don't understand. Why do I keep getting this error when there's more than enough space for the torrent in question, particularly when uTorrent's help file does not cover the problem?

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Did you change your destination disk with torrents downloading? If so the file you are downloading will be saved not only on the new target disk, but the one you had designated before. The same thing happened to me. In my case the file was saved not only on the new target disk I'd designated, but mirrored on the original target as well, which happened to be the computer's internal disk. The problem is that the files that were mirrored on the original target, my internal disk, were saved to an invisible folder called "Volumes," in a folder called "Downloads." Because the folder was invisible it took me a very long time to figure out that the files were still being mirrored on my internal disk. You may have to look at the invisible files on your HD. If you can't do that, go to a place like versiontracker.com and download a free program called "Tinkertool," which allows invisible system files to be made visible. This will allow you to locate mirrored download files and eliminate them, freeing up the space on your HD.

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Alright, well I tried the Scandisk, and as usual, it never finishes... it just keeps on restarting over and over and over again. I gave it eight continuous hours and it still hadn't finished. So I think I'll have to reconsider that one.

By status column, I mean in uTorrent. In the actual job list, it gave me Error: Error 1168.

And no, I don't have any other destination disks on this computer... it's really old. So I don't think that's it.

Sorry if I'm confusing people.

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Even though Scandisk failed to finish in safe mode, it still solved the first problem. Thanks!

...I now have a new problem. It may be torrent specific (I know that, if that's the case, I should not discuss the content involved). I get a mixture of Access denied (I'm on an Administrator account if it matters) and The data is invalid. For the second one, I can recheck and everything checks out - all the data I downloaded suddenly 'reappears' when I force a recheck. For the Access denied, I have no idea how I'd get around that, so I just keep on force-starting the torrent and it just keeps on slamming into a brick wall. Any suggestions?

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I have a question before I post the information that is indicated in that thread.

My seeding torrents are never affected by this, and I've never gotten it before. Is it entirely impossible that it is torrent specific? What are the mechanics of these errors?

EDIT: Just tried HijackThis, and it failed. I've ran it three times. Every single time, I press system scan and logfile, and it runs quickly until a certain point (the same stuff is in the windows every time). Then it comes to a screeching burning halt. I have to force it to end. Any advice?

Another edit. What are the mechanics of the "ReadFile: somefilename" error that you get in the Logger pane? I think it relates to this issue.

OK, here's the stuff from Process Explorer

Process    PID    CPU    Description    Company Name    Window Title
Idle    0x0    92.61    System Idle Process        
EM_EXEC.EXE    0xFFFB8CD9        Logitech Events Handler Application    Logitech Inc.    
KERNEL32.DLL    0xFFCF0471        Win32 Kernel core component    Microsoft Corporation    
 MSGSRV32.EXE    0xFFFFC409        Windows 32-bit VxD Message Server    Microsoft Corporation    
  SPOOL32.EXE    0xFFFFCC31        Spooler Sub System Process    Microsoft Corporation    
  MPREXE.EXE    0xFFFFB9E1        WIN32 Network Interface Service Process    Microsoft Corporation    
   ASHSERV.EXE    0xFFFEB92D        avast! antivirus service    ALWIL Software    
    RPCSS.EXE    0xFFFC360D        Distributed COM Services    Microsoft Corporation    
   MSTASK.EXE    0xFFFE6D7D        Task Scheduler Engine    Microsoft Corporation    
   RETRORUN.EXE    0xFFFE6C11        Retrospect    Dantz Development Corporation    
   SSDPSRV.EXE    0xFFFE2831        SSDP Service on Windows Millennium    Microsoft Corporation    
  mmtask.tsk    0xFFFDC97D        Multimedia background task support module    Microsoft Corporation    
  EXPLORER.EXE    0xFFFDBB19    0.19    Windows Explorer    Microsoft Corporation    Exploring - Stephen
   SYSTRAY.EXE    0xFFFCE8B5        System Tray Applet    Microsoft Corporation    
    WMIEXE.EXE    0xFFFAFC11        WMI service exe housing    Microsoft Corporation    
   TASKMON.EXE    0xFFFCDEB1        Task Monitor    Microsoft Corporation    
   DSLAUNCH.EXE    0xFFFCC731        YAMAHA DS-XG Launcher    YAMAHA Corporation    
   ERASER.EXE    0xFFFBF875        Eraser.    Heidi Computers Ltd    
    PSTORES.EXE    0xFFFB799D        Protected storage server    Microsoft Corporation    
   LOADQM.EXE    0xFFFB7595        Microsoft QMgr    Microsoft Corporation    
   STIMON.EXE    0xFFFB5F51        Still Image Devices Monitor    Microsoft Corporation    
   IG2507MON.EXE    0xFFFB262D        PL2507 Safely Remove Hardware    Prolific Technology Inc.    
   ASHWEBSV.EXE    0xFFFB13BD        avast! Web Scanner    ALWIL Software    
   ASHMAISV.EXE    0xFFFB0F41        avast! e-Mail Scanner Service    ALWIL Software    
   MSBNTRAY.EXE    0xFFFA06FD        Microsoft Broadband Networking Tray Application    Microsoft Corporation    
    IPHLPSVR.EXE    0xFFF6F999        Microsoft Broadband Networking IPHlpAPI Server Application    Microsoft Corporation    
   UTORRENT.EXE    0xFFF8EBD5    0.49    µTorrent    BitTorrent, Inc.    
   IEXPLORE.EXE    0xFFF73819        Internet Explorer    Microsoft Corporation    IF YOU HAVE SPEED ISSUES READ HERE FIRST - Forums - µTorrent - The Lightweight and Efficient Bi - IE
   PROCESS EXPLORER.EXE    0xFFF6578D    6.71    Sysinternals Process Explorer    Sysinternals    Process Explorer - Sysinternals: www.sysinternals.com

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"What are the mechanics of the "ReadFile: somefilename" error that you get in the Logger pane? I think it relates to this issue."

I've never heard/seen of that error...but it sounds related to hard drive problems.

Those same problems are also likely to be causing HijackThis! to fail on running.

I didn't see anything in your limited HijackThis log you posted that is likely to be a problem.

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