startup disk almost full

erceve · Mar 23, 2009

hello,

i am trying to download some music using torrents, but the download stops every 20 seconds, telling me the startup disk is almost full, but when i check my harddisk, i got like 96 gb free, so is there something wrong with my computer or am i just using a corrupt torrent file or something?

any help would be really appriciated, i included a screenshot of my harddisk info I hope it is of any use
thanks in advance

acfusion29 · Mar 23, 2009

Perhaps downloading from iTunes would fix the problem?

erceve · Mar 23, 2009

thank you, any other ideas?

shady825 · Mar 23, 2009

acfusion29 said:
Perhaps downloading from iTunes would fix the problem?

I'll second that..
Now that iTunes is DRM free I have no reason to download music illegally.
That was always my biggest problem with iTunes, if I buy a song I should be able to use it how I want. Ringtone, iMovie, GarageBand, whatever...

labyrinth23 · Mar 23, 2009

WTF? You come in here and expect to get an answer to a question like that?

"...I'm trying to do something illegal and it's not working, can you guys help me?"

You've got to be joking..

GTFO!!!

Patriks7 · Mar 23, 2009

labyrinth23 said:
WTF? You come in here and expect to get an answer to a question like that?

"...I'm trying to do something illegal and it's not working, can you guys help me?"

You've got to be joking..

GTFO!!!

Problem is that some people find it so natural now that they don't find it illegal (like me and movies

) Anyway, to the guys above; do you also realize that not every country has an iTunes store?

darngooddesign · Mar 23, 2009

Patriks7 said:
Problem is that some people find it so natural now that they don't find it illegal (like me and movies ) Anyway, to the guys above; do you also realize that not every country has an iTunes store?

Yes, but its illegal in almost every country. Buy a CD.

To the OP, prob a corrupt file.

derryquinn · Mar 23, 2009

Look, I'm not sticking up for him if he is doing illegal stuff, but Torrenting isn't illegal. He might be downloading un-copyrighted music.

And anyway, like most of the EU, it might not be illegal to download copyrighted material in his country anyway.

Vulcan · Mar 23, 2009

Way to judge. You do know he could be downloading perfectly legal files?

labyrinth23 · Mar 23, 2009

MysticMage said:
Way to judge. You do know he could be downloading perfectly legal files?

Yes, but in this case he specified music files. And since someone already suggested iTunes and he brushed off that idea, I'm guessing he doesn't want to pay for his music.

erceve · Mar 23, 2009

haha, well thanks for all the help guys!!!
its a torrent file with music and videos files me and a classmate made for a project, but looks like nobody will believe me, I really liked this forum because everybody helped everybody, but it seems you guys are full of prejudices

labyrinth23 said:
WTF? You come in here and expect to get an answer to a question like that?

I really love answers like that, i thought there could be something wrong with my computer since i got the message, but nobody helps me becouse you suspect i'm doing something illegal?

BTW it would be cool if there was a feature built in in garage band wich puts the files you just made on itunes wouldn't it?
comon guys?

MedHead · Mar 23, 2009

I've gotten the same thing once or twice when torrenting stuff for uni...think it has somehing to do with the torrent client, what one are you using?

I just ignored it and the file continued to download fine.

erceve · Mar 23, 2009

well the problem is not only the message, but it stops downloading everytime the message shows up, i'm using utorrent, thank you for the first serious reply

michael.lauden · Mar 23, 2009

i hate that people on here are so willing to tell others what to do - instead of helping them with their problems.

he's not asking for legal information, and he's not asking to debate the lawfulness of what he's doing.

he's asking why the download is doing that - not for you to add noise.

anyway. i would recommend to try a different torrent client - see if the result is the same. it may be a setting to alert you.

erceve · Mar 23, 2009

thank you, any torrent client you can recomment?

hamchapman · Mar 23, 2009

Transmission is quite popular but might not have all the features or the nice glossy look that you will be used to with uTorrent.

KnightWRX · Mar 23, 2009

Transmission is about the best Torrent client you can get right now. All the features of azureus, none of the overhead of Java and the Vuze crap they push.

erceve · Mar 23, 2009

ok, thank you guys, i'll try transmission and see if I still get the same message

shady825 · Mar 23, 2009

erceve said:
BTW it would be cool if there was a feature built in in garage band wich puts the files you just made on itunes wouldn't it?
comon guys?

Umm, you CAN do this. Click 'Share' in the top menu and you can figure it out from there I'm sure.

darngooddesign · Mar 23, 2009

erceve said:
haha, well thanks for all the help guys!!!
its a torrent file with music and videos files me and a classmate made for a project, but looks like nobody will believe me, I really liked this forum because everybody helped everybody, but it seems you guys are full of prejudices.

"or am i just using a corrupt torrent file or something?"

If they are your files you'd already have tested to see if they were corrupt, especially since there is no way your drive could be full.

Or you could just use FTP.

alphaod · Mar 23, 2009

The OP could be downloading the latest NIN sampler

Anyways, try uTorrent.

CarlisleUnited · Mar 23, 2009

I get the same problem sometimes when using utorrent, havn't tried any other programs to see if it specific to utorrent but what i did notice is that when the notice came up finder said i only had about 2GB of free space, when I dismissed it went up to 165GB. It doesn't really bother me because i hardly use BitTorrent but it is a weird bug.

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