[LucasBuck]

I've got a bunch of partial files I wanted to clear out, but keep them in my queue in case they become available again. Is that possible?

Also, if you change your dl folder will partial dl's keep going to the old one, and new dl's you add go to the new one?

Thanks for any info!

[xilolee]

LucasBuck, on 06 June 2012 - 02:48 PM, said:

I've got a bunch of partial files I wanted to clear out, but keep them in my queue in case they become available again. Is that possible?

You can keep them for months/years, until you decide to delete them...

LucasBuck, on 06 June 2012 - 02:48 PM, said:

Also, if you change your dl folder will partial dl's keep going to the old one, and new dl's you add go to the new one?

No, old partial files will go to the new folder. Perhaps you could make new categories (click)

[LucasBuck]

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure if I explained it right. I have a bunch of part files in my temp folder that aren't completed, and not sure if they ever will be. I wanted to get rid of the part files, but leave the name in my transfer list in case it ever becomes available. But didn't want the temps taking up space since it might not ever pop up again. I figured deleting the .part files would also clear them from my transfer list and didn't know if there was a way around it.

And, can I create a second temp folder on another drive so that new new downloads start building there.

[fox88]

If I get your idea correctly - eMule does not work the way you want; you either keep downloading or drop it completely.
Allowing to discard what was downloaded and later start from scratch would be wasteful behaviour. You can do such things manually, but not automatically.
You can save .part and .part.met files and later import it.
But probably your best bet is to search for alternative file(s) where you could be reasonably sure to complete download.

[xilolee]

LucasBuck, on 06 June 2012 - 09:03 PM, said:

I have a bunch of part files in my temp folder that aren't completed, and not sure if they ever will be. I wanted to get rid of the part files, but leave the name in my transfer list in case it ever becomes available. But didn't want the temps taking up space since it might not ever pop up again. I figured deleting the .part files would also clear them from my transfer list and didn't know if there was a way around it.

It isn't possible.
(You can make a collection with the ed2k links of your partial files, then delete them and re-add them to your transfers list, but you will lose the progresses they made...)
Perhaps: How To Use File Compression in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307987/en-us

LucasBuck, on 06 June 2012 - 09:03 PM, said:

And, can I create a second temp folder on another drive so that new new downloads start building there.

You could make multiple temp folders Help&Support - The Preferences - Directories (click)

[LucasBuck]

Thanks. Adding a second temp folder would help, but I don't have that '+' next to browse like it shows in the screenshot. I'm using 50a. Did that feature get removed?

This post has been edited by LucasBuck: 07 June 2012 - 12:19 PM

[xilolee]

It will appear after you click "show more controls" (options extended)...
Anyway you can separate your temp folders with separator |

This post has been edited by xilolee: 07 June 2012 - 01:09 PM

[LucasBuck]

Thanks much for all the help! I wasn't aware that I could set it to sparse the files. I think I was running out of space because it was allocating the full completed size, not just what it had already downloaded. Am I reading that correctly?

[fox88]

Already allocated files cannot be converted to sparse.
Maybe you should choose wisely what and how much you want to download.

PS. Allocating full files helps to avoid drive fragmentation.

This post has been edited by fox88: 08 June 2012 - 09:42 AM

[xilolee]

LucasBuck, on 07 June 2012 - 05:39 PM, said:

Thanks much for all the help! I wasn't aware that I could set it to sparse the files. I think I was running out of space because it was allocating the full completed size, not just what it had already downloaded. Am I reading that correctly?

I sent you the link about file compression on windows xp (properties of the file, general, advanced). It should also work on windows vista and seven...
However if you didn't set previously the sparse option (or the full file size option), your files will be allocated in the standard way, i.e.:

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if eMule for example starts to download in the middle of the file, this one will have the half of its size on the hard disk, data useless at this moment because you have not yet downloaded them (it is filled with zeroes), plus the size of the block now transferred on the disk

You can nevertheless change the flag of your .part files from normal to sparse.
If you want to change the flags of your partial files that you wanted to delete, instead of delete them, I suggest you to put them in a folder (i.e. separate them from the other files!).
Then, with emule closed, go to command prompt (start, programs, accessories, command prompt), go to your new folder and write for each file:

fsutil sparse setflag "xxx.part"
xxx = real name of your file
example:
fsutil sparse setflag "001.part"

I tried to set the flag for every file (using *) in the folder, but it seems it doesn't work.
Like you can see, file compression is simpler than rarefy/densify your files.
PS: this should work on any NT File System, but I'm using win xp and win vista should have a bug on sparse files

This post has been edited by xilolee: 08 June 2012 - 07:35 PM

[LucasBuck]

Thanks for all the info folks, much appreciated!