uTorrent is a wonderful program for downloading files quickly and easily. However, sometimes when you are dealing with very large files (10+ gigs), uTorrent will give a Disk Overload 100% error, and shut down your connection. When this occurs, uTorrent cuts your download rate to around 10k per second, and will prevent uploading. This is because when dealing with a large file, the disk cache runs out, causing uTorrent to limit your connection until your disk cache is no longer full. There is an easy solution for this that will prevent this error from occurring.
1. Open uTorrent, and click on Options, then Preferences. Click the + next to Advanced, then click on Disk Cache.
2. Click the checkbox next to Override automatic cache size and specify the size manually (MB). In the Box next to this, put 1700.
3. Check all remaining boxes on the page except for Increase automatic cache size when cache thrashing. Leave this unchecked.
4. Click on General, then check the box next to: Pre-allocate all files.
5. Click Ok.
You can close the program and restart it, and now try your download. You may see Disk Overload sometimes, but it should never hit 100%. Your connection should become more stable, allowing you to download the file at a much faster rate then before. If you have any questions, look at the screen shots below. Note: My version of uTorrent is 3.0 build 25583, 32 bit. If you are using a previous version you may want to upgrade.
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Nice..now works perfectly on utorrent 3.0
Ah, thank you very much. I knew there was a certain combination required to get this working well with multiple large torrents, but couldn’t remember what it was or where I found the information.
Thank you for sharing this solution, it worked perfectly on utorrent 3.0 for me
THANK YOU! THIS WORKED PERFECTLY WITH BITTORRENT 7.6!
Thank you! This worked for me with version 3.1.2
Thanks a lot for this. I thought my laptop is giving up on me, after MPC-HC failed last night. Whew!