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Transferring a torrent-in-progress to a different computer

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 11:53 pm
by ArseneLupin
Hello, everyone. Got a question about something I hope is possible.

Say I am downloading a very large torrent, and I am half way through it. But then I need to continue downloading said torrent using a different computer. I can remove the hard-drive containing the torrent in question from the original computer, and install it in the new computer, but how can I have the installation of qBittorrent in the new computer recognize the already in progress torrent and resume the download without starting from the beginning?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Herlock

Re: Transferring a torrent-in-progress to a different computer

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:30 pm
by Peter
- You'd have to make sure the drive letter is the same.
- You'd have to copy over %APPDATA%\qBittorrent and %LOCALAPPDATA%\qBittorrent folders to the same place on the other PC.

That's about it. Make sure qBittorrent IS CLOSED when attempting this!

Re: Transferring a torrent-in-progress to a different computer

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:50 pm
by ArseneLupin
Thanks, Peter.

Re: Transferring a torrent-in-progress to a different computer

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 5:10 pm
by ArseneLupin
Peter, it has been a while since you provided me with a solution to the problem I had posted back in August.
I was just getting around to implement your solution, when I realized your post refers to qBittorrent installations in a Windows environment, whereas in my case, I run qBittorrent in Linux, Manjaro KDE Linux to be more specific. This is my fault, as I should have been clearer in my original post.

Hence, I am back to square one on my original question, still with no solution.

Thanks

Re: Transferring a torrent-in-progress to a different computer

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 6:13 pm
by Peter
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~/.local/share/data/qBittorrent/
This is what you gotta copy/move.
If you can't see "." folders, you have to enable "show hidden folders". In Thunar/XFCE, its CTRL+H.

Re: Transferring a torrent-in-progress to a different computer

Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2020 6:15 pm
by ArseneLupin
Thanks!