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How does FDM calculate free hard disk space

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Re: How does FDM calculate free hard disk space

Postby Usher » Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:16 am

Alex wrote:When calculating "free" disk space, FDM takes not yet downloaded downloads into account.
Complete blocking in multitasking system is stupid. You should issue warning with option to continue anyway, especially if download isn't located on a system partition.
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Re: How does FDM calculate free hard disk space

Postby Alex » Sat Mar 06, 2021 5:36 am

Usher wrote:You should issue warning with option to continue anyway, especially if download isn't located on a system partition.

Hello,
I agree, but it wasn't my decision to make it behave in this way.
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Re: How does FDM calculate free hard disk space

Postby johnlgalt » Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:04 pm

Thanks Alex. Back to Tallcoolone for more details then.
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Re: How does FDM calculate free hard disk space

Postby tallcoolone » Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:25 pm

Well if the issue is by design then there's really nothing I can do about it right other than removing scheduled downloads until they're below my actual free disk space. A previous post mentioned the last version which did not have this issue, so another thought is can I export my download list from 6 and import it into 5.
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Re: How does FDM calculate free hard disk space

Postby johnlgalt » Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:46 pm

The previous version is also unsupported lol - but I get the feeling that you're savvy enough to both 1) run it SxS with current 6.x builds, and 2) make it work the way that you want it to in order to keep your scheduled DLs active without interfering with other normal activities.

Good luck - and if you wouldn't mind posting back on how well that worked, that'd be cool. I, for one, would like to know.
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Re: How does FDM calculate free hard disk space

Postby Olittka » Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:50 pm

Hi there. Has anyone figured this out? I cannot us FDM. It wont allow me to download although I have plenty of space. thanks
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Re: How does FDM calculate free hard disk space

Postby Alex » Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:52 am

Olittka wrote:Hi there. Has anyone figured this out? I cannot us FDM. It wont allow me to download although I have plenty of space. thanks

Hello,
Can you please provide details, so we can understand the issue and fix it?
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