issue with emule/edonkey/overnet

[daoutlawz]

k guys, this is probably obvious, but y is it when u start to download something it always stores the full amount of the file on my hdd??

like ive only downloaded 3mb of a 750mb file, and when i look at my hdd the file is in the temp directory fully created.. :huh:

coz i have limited hdd space and coz emule can be slow at sometimes, i started to download a few files at the same time, but i cant do that coz i run outta space, is there any way i can get rid of this feature? and just make it download normally? :blink:

[oateater]

Your best bet for something like this is to goto one of their homepages and read their forums. It will save you lots of time and effort :)

[Xahid]

  daoutlawz said:

is there any way i can get rid of this feature? and just make it download normally? :blink:

yea there is a program called "filecut" for Donkey, which can do that,

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FileCut English

Edonkry utils " insufficient disk space error, corrector "

Here info.

Download

Hope this Help!

[daoutlawz]

thanx for the link but the program doesnt seem to work properly...ah well.... :cry: :no: :cry: :no: :cry:

[MxxCon]

if you use ntfs you can compress temp dir.

since that huge file is mostly empty will compress almost perfectly.

[daoutlawz]

how? will it compress automatically when i convert to ntfs? or will i have to go thru some settings?? :huh:

[thingsforjason]

  daoutlawz said:

how? will it compress automatically when i convert to ntfs? or will i have to go thru some settings?? :huh:

in the properties for the folder you can set it to compress...but again, only on ntfs

how big is your hard drive that you're strapped for a couple gigs? :)

[daoutlawz]

i got a 40gig hdd, but my download/backup partition is only 5gig when it empty so really all it takes is for me to start downloading like 4 files at the same time and im outta space :cry:

[daoutlawz]

also anyone know y, but my emule is hoggin all the memory, im down from 768mb to 100mb just from that proggy..

when i exit it, it releases al the mem, overnet did this and so does shareaza but i thought they were still buggy..

[OrangesOfCourse]

  daoutlawz said:

also anyone know y, but my emule is hoggin all the memory, im down from 768mb to 100mb just from that proggy..

when i exit it, it releases al the mem, overnet did this and so does shareaza but i thought they were still buggy..

i use eMule v0.23b [Tarod.11e] and it has no memory problems... find it at the emule forums -> emule mods forum

and about the space thing.. ed2k/emule/overnet are made so that it will make a dummy file the size of the file you are downloading.. what that will do it make sure you have enough space for the file when its finished.. :)

[daoutlawz]

im using emule plus with oxygen... wot do u think about this mod?

i havnt tried tarod yet...

[MxxCon]

tarod mods are discontinued and absolete.

no point in using them

[munki]

  MxxCon said:

tarod mods are discontinued and absolete.

no point in using them

Yeah, it's a shame. IMO his mods were the best. :(

[Metzen]

As has been said, edonkey-like programs will create a file on your disk which is the size of the full file once you start downloading. This is done so you can start sharing the little bits and peices of the file as soon as you download them.