Temporary files backup?

Garrion · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 1:32 pm **Post subject:** Temporary files backup?

Ive got to send my comp back to have it repaired

and im stuck on what to do about saving all my d/l that are part downloaded etc.
What can i do to save my links or part downloads ??
Theres like over 200 !!!

Any help would be very appreacated

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 1:43 pm **Post subject:**

Do you mean moving them off the hard drive or hiding all your P2P files from the repair guy???

What I do with files I don't want people to see is move them some some obscure directory within a directory within a directory etc etc!

Also renaming them makes it harder to know what they are but in your case thats not feasible.

But if you create a directory some where wierd say in

/windows/media/office97/tmp/

Unless the repair guy searches for .part files or 700MB + files you'll be OK.

As for backing them up. Unless you got a second hard drive/DVD-R theres not much to do?

200 is alot mate :shock:

PrayeR · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 1:46 pm **Post subject:**

paul-scream22
good for hiding pr0n from parents... :|
not good for hiding from exp. peeps.

if u want to hide...
just rar it. without compression.. with password even on file names. 5-6 symbols will be enough...

Garrion · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 1:50 pm **Post subject:**

its got to go back to there head office so i need to clean it off by the sound of it as they said it could need re-formatting

so guess im nacked

Thx for quick responce

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 1:51 pm **Post subject:**

Yeah rar-ing is good!

But on 200+ files you'd need the space to store them.

If you've got plenty of space Garrion then RAR them up with a password like PrayeR says.

But I think Garrion is talking more about backing them up, becuase if his PC's getting repaired chances are his hard drive's involved

Garrion · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 1:54 pm **Post subject:**

hmm is there one of them files of each i could keep that are like 1kb in size ( MET..BAK) that will let me get the links again by putting them back in temp file on e-mule when i re-install it when my comp comes back ?

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 1:56 pm **Post subject:**

paul-scream22 wrote:

Yeah rar-ing is good!

But on 200+ files you'd need the space to store them.

If you've got plenty of space Garrion then RAR them up with a password like PrayeR says.

But I think Garrion is talking more about backing them up, becuase if his PC's getting repaired chances are his hard drive's involved

If you've got 200 (!) .part files, rar them up and burn to DVD+-RW or CDrw. The parts you haven't downloaded will compress exceptionally well

I'd also back up the emule directory as well (but that's just me

)

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 2:00 pm **Post subject:**

If you save the part.met or .met files then put them back in your emule temp dir it should re-create a blank part file when you get your new PC back, and start downloading all your stuff from scratch.

Saves you re-searching/clicking the 200+ downloads!!

Polityk · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 2:47 pm **Post subject:**

*changed the thread title :evil:

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graag · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 2:54 pm **Post subject:**

Borrow a hard disk?

Polityk · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 2:54 pm **Post subject:**

Now, answering your question - paul's advice is smart, it will save you a lot of time restoring your downloads. If you don't want to delete the files, then, first of all think about some spare hdd - perhaps you've got some old hdd dusting somewhere in the corner? Or one of your friends? Or you have a laptop/office comp you could use? Or perhaps it's time you bought yourself a new, bigger, better, faster hdd? If you rar eMule's partials you will greatly reduce their size - remember they are partially empty - so it will all require less hdd space.

Or you can always buy yourself 200 CDRW/CDR discs and record them one after one. :mrgreen:

There is no other way to save everything.

PrayeR · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 3:04 pm **Post subject:**

btw, in winxp u can set Temp folder to archive folder.
so windows will compress it on the fly

paul-scream22 · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 3:07 pm **Post subject:**

PrayeR wrote:

btw, in winxp u can set Temp folder to archive folder.
so windows will compress it on the fly

@ PrayeR

Do you do that???

I know it's possible but have avoided it incase windows messes up my temp folder!

How much compression do you get???

PrayeR · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 4:09 pm **Post subject:**

yep, i know many peeps who did that. at first i saw 1 person posted it on one russian forum - so many made it...
well, compression? it's zip.
like said PC_Arcade (aka bugger) u will almost 100% comress empty parts... dl'ed - a bit...

about windows and messing...
i dunno now any events of it... really...
sry, really dunno.

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 4:14 pm **Post subject:**

PrayeR wrote:

...
like said PC_Arcade (aka bugger) ......

Eh??

PrayeR · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 4:16 pm **Post subject:**

PC_Arcade wrote:

PrayeR wrote:

...
like said PC_Arcade (aka bugger) ......

Eh??

Uh??

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 4:17 pm **Post subject:**

PrayeR wrote:

PC_Arcade wrote:

PrayeR wrote:

...
like said PC_Arcade (aka bugger) ......

Eh??

Uh??

Prayer WHAT THE FUCK is the point of that post??

PrayeR · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 4:27 pm **Post subject:**

PC_Arcade wrote:

PrayeR wrote:

PC_Arcade wrote:

PrayeR wrote:

...
like said PC_Arcade (aka bugger) ......

Eh??

Uh??

Prayer WHAT THE FUCK is the point of that post??

Eh??

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 4:29 pm **Post subject:**

What is wrong with you ??

"eh uh eh uh"
you sound like those porn films you keep promoting

PrayeR · **Posted:** Thu Oct 09, 2003 4:31 pm **Post subject:**

PC_Arcade
hehe...

)
just jokin' man

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