Problems downloading single torrent from multiple OSes

[torrentdemon]

Hi all,

I have both XP Pro and Windows 7 x64. I use both of them somewhat equally. So naturally, I'd want that both be able to download a single torrent in continuation. I know that this is achievable by simply pointing uTorrent in the second OS to the same directory where the 1st OS is downloading to. uTorrent runs a check, and continues from where it left off previously. I have already done this in the past when I had 2 XPs and it worked flawlessly.

This time however, there's a slight problem. I started downloading from XP and was 13% through, then I booted into Win 7 and pointed it to the directory, it continued from 13% and made it to 15.5%. I then turned the PC off since I wanted to sleep. Today morning, I booted into XP, and the torrent, instead of checking the download, continued from 13% as well.

My question isn't how this problem can be fixed (well if it can it'd be helpful), but my main question is, whether the downloaded archives will be fine or is there a chance they'll get corrupted? My connection is very slow so I don't want to be in a position where I finally download the entire archive only to find that its corrupt.

Thanks in advance.

[Switeck]

Change uTorrent's settings to be "stand alone" in the same folder as the exe and uTorrent should resume just fine on either OS so long as it was shut down ok each time.

[torrentdemon]

But the download itself is still valid right?

[Switeck]

If uTorrent's settings files are in different places for both OSes, then 1 OS will be unaware of what the other has done without rechecking the files.

[torrentdemon]

So I guess then at worst, there will be more data then is needed and not incomplete(?)

Thanks for your help btw. You're the only one here who ever replies to my problems

[Switeck]

Depends on how you have uTorrent set up. If you have it set up in stand-alone mode, it might be possible to restart in either OS without any problems...and not require rescans of partially downloaded files.

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