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Title: CHD Set Update Help
Post by: FrizzleFried on May 17, 2019, 09:28:51 am
What is the most efficient way to update an old CHD set?  I have a CHD set from .154 I would like to update to current.  I really would prefer NOT to have to re-download the 300GB or so I already have here... aside from locating and downloading the incremental CHD updates (some 50 between then and now) ... is there another way I can do this?  Could I torrent the latest full set and just aim the download toward my already established set?  Would that "fill in" the missing ones or do the CHDs change between versions?

Title: Re: CHD Set Update Help
Post by: Malenko on May 17, 2019, 09:38:00 am
you'd point the torrent at the saved folder.
Verify everything is named the same.
Delete any old CHDs that have different files sizes than the new ones.
Title: Re: CHD Set Update Help
Post by: FrizzleFried on May 17, 2019, 12:18:27 pm
Quote from: Malenko on May 17, 2019, 09:38:00 am
you'd point the torrent at the saved folder.
Verify everything is named the same.
Delete any old CHDs that have different files sizes than the new ones.

I guess I have to start the Torrent to determine the sizes of each folder and manually go through each to determine if my local version matches?

Also... does anyone have a list of CHD's that actually WORK in some fashion?  Why download a ton of CHD's that don't even work if you don't have to?
Title: Re: CHD Set Update Help
Post by: Malenko on May 17, 2019, 03:53:05 pm
when you start the torrent it should show a file list along with sizes before you have to download anything.   Only CHDs I have are blitz, showtime, ki1, ki2, and gauntlet DL
Title: Re: CHD Set Update Help
Post by: FrizzleFried on May 17, 2019, 06:51:25 pm
Welp... this has turned in to a cluster-F...

I attempt to torrent to the folder with my .151 CHDs... it does it's check and finds 91%... great... but I notice that individual CHDs are at various degree of completeness... and then I get some strange I/O error in windows that hoses my torrent and I'm back at 0kps... and refuses to download.

>sigh<

It sucks having a metered connection... 300GB/mo and the damn full CHD torrent is like 450GB (non-software version which I assume is the version that includes computer stuff?).

Even a full set of WORKING CHD's comes in at about 90GB... 1/3 of my damn monthly quota.

Damn I hate crap internet.