MIGRATING
YOUR FILES TO µTORRENT
Now that you've moved on
to the best BitTorrent client around, you might have some torrents
from your previous clients that you want to resume in
µTorrent.
Some of these files you just want to seed, others have not finished
downloading yet. While there is no automated way to do this, the
procedure is not as daunting as you might expect.
"But what about my
share ratio ?" Sorry, there is nothing we can do about that, you
will be starting back at zero. Share ratio with trackers however will
not be affected.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE : Unlike traditional file sharing programs, the BitTorrent protocol uses
a reference file known as the torrent (whatever_the_subject.torrent).
The torrent is what you originally download from the indexing site. The
torrent is separate from the content you will ultimately be
using/viewing/listening to. From here on , "files" will refer
to
the content while ".torrent" refers to the reference file.
RENAMING APPENDED FILES
Some clients will
append partially downloaded files with an extra extension in order to
lock them and keep them from being accidentally accessed by other
applications, which might cause some problems with the downloading
process (µTorrent also does this, if requested, by appending
the extension .!ut to its files).
For µTorrent to
resume those partially downloaded files these extra extensions must be
removed. This can be tedious but there is nothing to it. We can
however make a small batch file that will simplify the job.
1- Open NOTEPAD and write this line into it
(replace "!ut" with which ever file extension you need to remove):
@for /r %%i in (*.bc!) do @move "%%~fi" "%%~dpni"
2- NOTEPAD > FILE > SAVE AS:
RENAME.BAT
3- Open the location folder for the
partially downloaded files you need to rename.
4- Drag and drop the RENAME.BAT file into this folder
5- RENAME.BAT > RIGHT-CLICK >
OPEN, a DOS window will briefly appear as it scrolls through all the
files in the folder as they are getting renamed.
Repeat
from step 3 for each folder containing files that need renaming.
LOADING TORRENTS IN µTorrent
Loading
a single
torrent for seeding is simple enough provided you know the location
of the .torrent and the files.
1- Goto µTorrent MENU > FILE
> ADD TORRENT (no default save):
2- Browse your way to the .torrent file you wish to seed and select.
3- Browse your way to the folder where the files are located and select
the folder.
The torrent should appear
in the torrent window and load (you will see the % climb up as µTorrent checks the file).
Loading multiple torrents stored in a single folder.
Lets say in your
previous client you had setup a "completed torrents"
folders and you wish to reload all the torrents from this location
into µTorrent.
1-
Create a folder called AUTOLOAD on your desktop
2- Create a folder called TORRENTS somewhere where you wish your
finished torrents to be relocated ( for example c:\My Documents\My
Torrents\).
3- Goto µTorrent MENU >
OPTIONS > PREFERENCES > DOWNLOADS : location of
downloaded files: check "Put
new
downloads in:" and point the path to the folder you were using to save your
completed torrents in with your previous client.
4- Goto µTorrent
MENU > OPTIONS > PREFERENCES > OTHERS :
- under
Storage for torrent files: Check "Move .torrents for finished
jobs to: " and point the path to the TORRENTS folder (never
mind the "Save the .torrent files" option for now).
- under Auto download .torrents in directory: Check
"Automatically Load torrents in directory" and point the path to the
AUTOLOAD folder on your desktop.
5-
Find the .torrent for the files you wish to load (which match
the files in your completed folder), and move them (not copy)
to the AUTOLOAD folder on your desktop.
µTorrent automatically loads the .torrents from the AUTOLOAD folder into the
torrent list. µTorrent will find that the matching files
are already in the download folder and will check them to make sure
they are complete.
Note: this procedure is also valid for partially downloaded files.
MOVING FILES TO ANOTHER
LOCATION AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN LOADED IN µTorrent
For
sorting reasons you
may wish for your newly reloaded files to be saved to a different
location. This is easy enough but must be done a single torrent at a
time.
1-
STOP the torrent you wish to move in the torrent list in µTorrent.
2- MOVE the files to the location of your choice ( for multiple files
move the containing folder as a whole)
3- In µTorrent RIGHT-CLICK
> ADVANCED > SET DOWNLOAD LOCATION ...
4-
BROWSE to the location where you have moved the files.
5-
START the torrent again.
Note:
if you wish to move
several torrent to the same location you can select multiple torrents
and perform the same action.