ZarafFaraz Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) I've been having this issue as of late where a download will finish, and then restart back at 0%. It's really annoying when I finish a 20 gig torrent only to have it restart and have to wait many hours for it to finish again. Does anyone know why this happens and how to stop it? In the screenshot below, please note the stats versus the values in parentheses. It's the current versus the running total from the restarting. Edited February 27, 2014 by ZarafFaraz (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 When it reaches 100% bitcomet does a hashcheck to confirm all the data is intact, this is probably what you are witnessing. The hashcheck progress is displayed in the same column as the download progress but it will progress much faster. If you did have some type of error that caused it to crash and restart, you can stop the task and do a manual hash check and resume from your current level of progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZarafFaraz Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 I'm familiar with the hash check, the icon is yellow while that is happening. This is not what I'm talking about. My download actually resets back to 0% and restarts all over again. Why would the stats of that torrent be the way they are in the above screenshot if not for a restarted torrent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZarafFaraz Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Ok, so it just happened again with this torrent. Oh, and this has happened to me with other torrents as well, not just this one. This is the second repeat: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 did you try stopping the torrent and doing a manual hash check? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZarafFaraz Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Yes, the hash check finishes fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 So it's 100% complete now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZarafFaraz Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 No, it resets back to 0% every time it finishes to 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I wouldn't say that the hash check "finished fine" then, it was a failure. Do you have bitcomet set to append the .bc! extension onto unfinished files? If so I'd try turning off this option, but first I'd look in the download folder and see what is there, it's possible you have both the complete and the incomplete files in the folder. Also, are you downloading to a local drive or some other type of removable or networked drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZarafFaraz Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 I only seem to have this problem when downloading large torrents, like 25 gigs. If I force a hash check in the middle of the download, it completes just fine and the download resumes, but when the download finishes, it just jumps back to 0% and starts over again. That is all I know. Other downloads work fine as long as they are not too large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 If you want my help you're going to have to do as I asked, have you looked in your download folder? are you using the option to append the .bc! extension to unfinished files? My assumption is that something is going wrong when the files are being renamed. This could be a problem with your harddrive and/or file system, but if I cannot get you to even confirm if you're using this option, then it would be foolish to proceed. It also appears you never provided the basic info on your system that is required for all support requests. We ask this info for a very good reason and we've wasted several days so far and I still know nothing about your computer, internet connection or bitcomet settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZarafFaraz Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 Yes, unfinished files are .bc! I have the default Bitcomet settings for the most part. I haven't changed anything beyond how many downloads can happen at the same time. 1) Bitcomet 64 bit version 1.35 2) DSL connection, Download: 70.35 Mbps, Upload: 16.25 Mbps 3) Telus DSL router with no port forwarding 4) Windows 7, AVG anti virus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Ok there was two theories I was considering. One is that something caused bitcomet to crash after it renamed the .bc! but before it marked the task as complete, so when it recovered it made new temp files, but in that case you would have both the complete and the .bc! versions. Theory two is that something happened that caused the renaming of the files to fail and the files were lost so the file system couldn't see them, then the task created new empty ones. You could run a file recovery software to see if they can be salvaged, but first I'd recommend scanning your drive for errors. Since you're using default settings your downloads should be in c:\downloads, so scan the C drive. A file system or harddrive error is the most obvious cause here, but if you cannot find any errors I'd try disabling the option to use the .bc! extension on incomplete files, then there will be no renaming when the task is complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZarafFaraz Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 Ok, thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkashaDark Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 (edited) I know this is months after the topic was posted but I found a solution for my identical issue and I decided to post here. Sometimes using a Virtual Disk program can cause problems. In my case - PowerIso. I suggest stopping its process or uninstalling. It was due to *another program is using this file* issue and it sounds like this might have been it for this guy. Edited November 25, 2014 by AkashaDark (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The UnUsual Suspect Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Yes, if the file is in use by another program it cannot be renamed. and if a file is in use by another program the download cannot complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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