Jupiter Jones
March 28th 03, 05:02 PM
Kevin;
My suggestion is to dump Kazaa.
I have yet to see one compelling reason to even try Kazaa much less
use Kazaa.
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"Kevin Franken" > wrote in message
om...
> I'm new to Kazaa.
>
> Why do Kazaa downloads "fail"? If you have a download that fails
and
> then you close Kazaa and turn off your PC, turn it back on and open
> Kazaa, will the "failed" downloads still be in the Traffic window or
> will they be deleted/removed because they previously "failed"? I've
> noticed that downloads that are "completed" are in fact removed from
> the Traffic window if you close Kazaa, turn off then turn back on
your
> PC, and reopen Kazaa. If the same ting happens with "failed"
> downloads, I don't know what files I've already lost and may lose
> again in the future. I never told Kazaa to remove the file or
cancel
> the download, so I hope that Kazaa keeps the "failed" .dat file for
> another/later attempt to successfully download the file rather than
> remove/delete it. Anyone know what happens?
>
> Also, I have an external hard drive - Western Digital 120 GB - 7200
> RPM USB 2.0 Drive - that I plug into my laptop. I run Kazaa from my
> laptop now and it saves to my laptop's C drive. Is there a way I
can
> run Kazaa and save my Kazaa downloads to my external hard drive?
What
> cables would I need?
>
> Also, are Kazaa downloads faster if the hard drive you are saving
the
> downloads to has more space than less space? In other words, would
he
> download be faster if one had 2 GB of free space versus 1 GB?
>
> Also, are Kazaa downloads slower if your hard drive is very
fragmented
> - hasn't been defragmented in awhile?
>
> Also, why, if I allow 30 downloads at a time, does it show only 4 in
> the window, with those 5 being only about 2Kb/s even though I am on
a
> university system that normally is very fast - I can usually get up
to
> 50kb/s download and allow 60+Kb/s uploads? And these low in number
> and slow downloads happen at a time when no one is uploading any
files
> from me. I allow 30 downloads, but the Traffic window screen only
> shows 4 actively downloading (I see the progress column). Although,
> when I look in my Shared folder, it shows many Kazaa download files
> were "modified" (had data added to them) at the same time the
Traffic
> window only showed about 4 being downloaded (and the bottom left
> corner says maybe 10 files are being downloaded. But I allow 30!!
> Why all these discrepancies?
>
> Also, I use Kazaa now but heard that Kazaa Lite was faster. I have
> many partial/incomplete downloads left in my Kazaa Traffic window.
If
> I switched to Kazaa Lite, would those partial/incomplete downloads
> from Kazaa be saved and still continue to run/complete the download
on
> Kazaa Lite, or would switching delete those files and I'd have to
> start downloading the files from scratch?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kevin
My suggestion is to dump Kazaa.
I have yet to see one compelling reason to even try Kazaa much less
use Kazaa.
--
Jupiter Jones
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"Kevin Franken" > wrote in message
om...
> I'm new to Kazaa.
>
> Why do Kazaa downloads "fail"? If you have a download that fails
and
> then you close Kazaa and turn off your PC, turn it back on and open
> Kazaa, will the "failed" downloads still be in the Traffic window or
> will they be deleted/removed because they previously "failed"? I've
> noticed that downloads that are "completed" are in fact removed from
> the Traffic window if you close Kazaa, turn off then turn back on
your
> PC, and reopen Kazaa. If the same ting happens with "failed"
> downloads, I don't know what files I've already lost and may lose
> again in the future. I never told Kazaa to remove the file or
cancel
> the download, so I hope that Kazaa keeps the "failed" .dat file for
> another/later attempt to successfully download the file rather than
> remove/delete it. Anyone know what happens?
>
> Also, I have an external hard drive - Western Digital 120 GB - 7200
> RPM USB 2.0 Drive - that I plug into my laptop. I run Kazaa from my
> laptop now and it saves to my laptop's C drive. Is there a way I
can
> run Kazaa and save my Kazaa downloads to my external hard drive?
What
> cables would I need?
>
> Also, are Kazaa downloads faster if the hard drive you are saving
the
> downloads to has more space than less space? In other words, would
he
> download be faster if one had 2 GB of free space versus 1 GB?
>
> Also, are Kazaa downloads slower if your hard drive is very
fragmented
> - hasn't been defragmented in awhile?
>
> Also, why, if I allow 30 downloads at a time, does it show only 4 in
> the window, with those 5 being only about 2Kb/s even though I am on
a
> university system that normally is very fast - I can usually get up
to
> 50kb/s download and allow 60+Kb/s uploads? And these low in number
> and slow downloads happen at a time when no one is uploading any
files
> from me. I allow 30 downloads, but the Traffic window screen only
> shows 4 actively downloading (I see the progress column). Although,
> when I look in my Shared folder, it shows many Kazaa download files
> were "modified" (had data added to them) at the same time the
Traffic
> window only showed about 4 being downloaded (and the bottom left
> corner says maybe 10 files are being downloaded. But I allow 30!!
> Why all these discrepancies?
>
> Also, I use Kazaa now but heard that Kazaa Lite was faster. I have
> many partial/incomplete downloads left in my Kazaa Traffic window.
If
> I switched to Kazaa Lite, would those partial/incomplete downloads
> from Kazaa be saved and still continue to run/complete the download
on
> Kazaa Lite, or would switching delete those files and I'd have to
> start downloading the files from scratch?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kevin