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Is there a way to force FDM to recheck torrent downloads?

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Is there a way to force FDM to recheck torrent downloads?

Postby cdysthe » Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:17 pm

Hi,

With large bittorrent downloads that gets interrupted it can often be a good idea to force the client to recheck partly downloaded torrents. I see that if you do a clean install of FDM and put a partially downloaded torrent in the download directory and load the original torrent a recheck takes place. So I wonder if there's a way to force this without reinstalling FDM? Most bittorrent clients has this functionality, but I do not really need it that often, so a "hack" to have it happen would be good enough for me.

Update: I have looked into this myself and found a way to it. I delete the download from FDM. This will not delete the partial files or the torrent from the disk. I then load the torrent again and choose the same group for download. This results in a full recheck of the partial download preventing corruption. Especially with large downloads I do this even if I have had to stop the download and do a reboot. I really wish that forced recheck would become an option in FDM since it greatle reduces the chances of spending days on a large download only to get CRC errors when you try to open/install/run the downloaded file.
//C
Darr247
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Re: Is there a way to force FDM to recheck torrent downloads?

Postby Darr247 » Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:01 pm

Most people looking for solutions don't peruse questions with no replies. :shock:

Your question/answer would be a good addition to the FDM FAQ, if there was one.

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