Feynor Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Okay. Recently I noticed that my hard disk is getting used up way too fast for no reason at all. Now I know why. DAY ONE:About two days ago, I downloaded a torrent which was about 4 gb in size. However, after I started the download and the bar was at 3%, I noticed that the seed to peer ratio was very bad. So I right clicked my torrent and selected the "Remove torrent + data option". Okay. Done.So I downloaded another torrent file, but when I clicked "Start" it said that there was no hard disk space in that drive. I was confused. I redownloaded the torrent, and again I noticed that the seed to peer ratio was bad. Did 'remove torrent + data" again. Boom, another 4 gb gone down the drain. I had cleared up about 5 gb of files which I didn't want just an hour ago and now it says that I have hard disk space shortage. DAY TWO:Since I didn't have any space left on my 'D' Drive, I decided to use the F drive. The F drive had about 3 gb space, and the file I wanted to download was 1.7 gb. After starting the download, it worked very well, but I had to restart my computer for something else, so I closed uTorrent. When I switched on my computer again, the download speed was hopeless. I decided to use the "remove torrent + data" option again and restarted the torrent. Now, the speed was fine. Everything was fine. Except... my hard drive. Same thing again. 1.7 gb missing.From this I learned that I SHOULD NEVER, EVER USE THIS OPTION AGAIN. I'm going to stick to the ("Remove torrent" and then manually delete the folders) method. I don't know how many gigabytes this has ruined, but I bet it's a lot. I've used this options many times, but didn't notice the hard disk difference. If anyone knows how I can get my disk space back, please reply. Even if you don't, this should atleast serve as a thread for other downloaders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Did you even look at your recycle bin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feynor Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Lol! I thought it gets permanently deleted. Sorry for the trouble. And thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 I can hear the sound of head hitting desk from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feynor Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Well, it's actually been years since I used the normal delete method. I use only shift + delete which is permanent delete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 If you right click the remove toolbar button, or read about it in the user manual, you'd see you can de-select move to trash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.