Pirate activity on trackers, although punishable by law, does not cease to exist. Hundreds of torrent trackers daily allow users to download movies, series, music, programs and so on.
Torrent is one of the first programs that is loaded on personal computers after installing a “clean” operating system. The advantage of the application is that it works in the background, files are resumed while the computer is turned on. You can not be afraid that the browser will freeze and all data will be lost. Thanks to the torrent, large files are easily downloaded in the shortest possible time.
But even this program has failures. One of the common uTorrent errors is write to disk access denied. There are several ways to deal with this problem. But first you need to figure out the reasons for its occurrence.
Causeserrors in uTorrent "Permission denied write to disk"
The measured work of the torrent may be interrupted due to “bugs” of the operating system. So, “Windows” may not give the program administrator rights. It is in such cases that an error occurs when writing information to disks.
Another reason is the inability to download a file to a certain directory on the disk. Such cases are common. The program does not track the path properly and cannot write new data.
Antivirus is another program that interferes with the correct operation of uTorrent. “Write to disk access denied” appears when the antivirus starts scanning files that have not yet been uploaded to the disk. In such cases, you can disable your antivirus and let the torrent start downloading data.
Troubleshooting: Administrator rights
Sometimes the cause of the "Write to disk access denied" error in uTorrent is restricted permissions. To be able to upload files to the hard drive again, the user will have to change the “permissions” of the torrent.
To do this, you need to run the application. In the top menu, click on the "Properties" of the program. In the window that appears, select “Compatibility”.
In the current tab, click on the “Run the troubleshooter” button. And also check the box next to the item that gives the program administrator rights. Then the user will need to save the changes and disable the program. And the last step is verification. Torrent needed againopen and try to start downloading the file. If access is denied again (write to disk in uTorrent), you will need to add a new directory.
Fix error: adding a new directory
If granting the program administrator rights did not solve the problem, the user needs to change the data storage location. Often the error in uTorrent “Write to disk access denied” is fixed by creating a new directory.
To add a new directory, you need to open the root folder of the disk to which the new information will be uploaded. It is worth noting that the new folder must be created exactly in the root of the disk. The folder name must contain only Latin characters.
After creating the directory, you need to start the torrent and go to the “Settings” of the program. In the window that appears, click on the “Folders” item and add a new path for the location of the downloaded data. Then click on “Apply” and “OK”.
Prevention of torrent work: checking memory, file name and antivirus scanning
If after performing the above troubleshooting methods, the torrent still gives a data download error, then the user should pay attention to a few nuances.
- Memory. There may not be enough space on the hard drive to download new data. In such cases, you need to delete the extra information and re-upload.
- File name. Sometimes writing to disk cannot be started if the file name contains characters such as, {, >, and so on. Symbols need to be removed and the torrent reactivated.
- Antivirus. Often it is the antivirus that prevents you from downloading torrents. For a successful download, you must turn it off for a while until the download starts and the data saving path is selected.
There are situations when none of the above methods of dealing with a data load error worked. The reason may be a damaged file in the program itself, and then uninstalling the torrent will help to cope with the problem. The user will need to go to the official website of the torrent, download the program file and install it. The "new" torrent will work without errors.
