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FuddMan · 08-30-2003, 07:19 PM

I am currently backing up all of my files in an effort to reformat and clean up my cluttered box. I find myself stuck in quite a dilemma, however. There are about 50-100 downloads currently running in kazaa, but I rarely get decent connections for every file I download, and they are typically large. Is there a way to backup partial downloads to restart after I reformat? Just saving the actual downloadXXXXX...XXX.dat file doesn't do it. If anyone knows, help me out! Thanks a lot!

ack32 · 08-31-2003, 12:57 PM

There's probably an index file that is keeping track of all of your downloads, somewhere within the Kazaa directory. I doubt they'd keep that somewhere else, like the registry (although it's possible). Try reinstalling Kazaa on a different machine and then copy all the files in the Kazaa directory (not just the incoming/temp dirs) and see if you can restart your transfers.

zizdog69 · 08-31-2003, 10:46 PM

I was able to move my downloads to a cd and then afterwards, place them back in the shared folder. It worked for me for some reason. I run Kazaa Lite K++.

Magpie0001 · 09-02-2003, 04:04 AM

I never run that many downloads at one time. Maybe im totally wrong here but if find that if I concentrate on 10-20 d-loads at a tie i get them faster. There was a few times when my girlfriend was looking for music & went al click happy on everything resulting in everything slowing to a crawl.
It took weeks to download all the stuff she wanted when usually, in the space of a week I can get a couple of movies & a heffload of tunes by only setting a few dloads at a time.

08-30-2003, 07:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
FuddMan Crazy Location: USA	Kazaa download backup I am currently backing up all of my files in an effort to reformat and clean up my cluttered box. I find myself stuck in quite a dilemma, however. There are about 50-100 downloads currently running in kazaa, but I rarely get decent connections for every file I download, and they are typically large. Is there a way to backup partial downloads to restart after I reformat? Just saving the actual downloadXXXXX...XXX.dat file doesn't do it. If anyone knows, help me out! Thanks a lot!

08-31-2003, 10:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
zizdog69 Crazy Location: Arizona	I was able to move my downloads to a cd and then afterwards, place them back in the shared folder. It worked for me for some reason. I run Kazaa Lite K++. __________________ "So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life." -Peter Gibbons, Office Space

09-02-2003, 04:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
Magpie0001 Nobody Loves Me Location: Irish In Madrid	I never run that many downloads at one time. Maybe im totally wrong here but if find that if I concentrate on 10-20 d-loads at a tie i get them faster. There was a few times when my girlfriend was looking for music & went al click happy on everything resulting in everything slowing to a crawl. It took weeks to download all the stuff she wanted when usually, in the space of a week I can get a couple of movies & a heffload of tunes by only setting a few dloads at a time. __________________ Music is my first love & It will be my last.

08-31-2003, 12:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
ack32 Tilted	There's probably an index file that is keeping track of all of your downloads, somewhere within the Kazaa directory. I doubt they'd keep that somewhere else, like the registry (although it's possible). Try reinstalling Kazaa on a different machine and then copy all the files in the Kazaa directory (not just the incoming/temp dirs) and see if you can restart your transfers.