* FSogol wrote in alt.games.mame:
> SINNER wrote:
>> * FSogol wrote in alt.games.mame:
>>
>>> SINNER wrote:
>>>> * FSogol wrote in alt.games.mame:
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>>>>> A hold-your-hand and walk-you-thru-each-step guide?
>>>> It was pretty easy the first time I did it. Drag all the roms into
>>>> torrent zip (it is a GUI right?) and then when you start the
>>>> torrent point it to the newly zipped roms.
>>>>
>>>> I just went to the site and found my account deleted. I hadnt been
>>>> there in a while and I guess they did a cleanup (noticed that on
>>>> the news page but never got am email telling me about it)
>>>>
>>> I thought something needed to be done first to make the hash on the
>>> zip files match the ones in the torrent.
>>
>> Thats what torrent zip does.
>>
>>> Also, is this making a copy
>>> of the rom folder? (hard drive space worries)
>>
>> I would but I hear ya.
>>
>
> Sorry, guess I'm not communicating properly today. I have rom backups
> elsewhere. Does dragging the rom folder into torrentzip create a
> separate copy of the rom folder or change the existing rom folder?
> There is not sufficient space on the drive for 2 rom folders.
>
Probably my reading comprehension skills, sorry...
No, it zips them in the current directory, there may be an option to do
otherwise, its been a while. I'd back up the current folder somewhere
before attempting it though.
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David
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