Help twofo !

fruc · Post by **fruc** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:30 am

Hi, i was sharing well and dandy then i played with my zonealarm settings, as described by huck i believe in the firewall setup; before the playing i was connecting and uploading fine, then i could only upload, then i deleted all changes and again couldn't connect... so i deleted DC and re-installed which leads to my new problem ---

Whenever i try to connect now i recieve the following message - In the blue title bar - DCPlusPlus.exe - No Disk

Then the message says there is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive \Drive\Harddisk2\DR4.

Whats happening?

Me no like!

Post by **astropoint** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:36 am

The hub is currently down anyway I'm sorry to say (and has been since some time last night). Once all is running properly again then try to connect and see if you get the same error and post back. (That means that I don't remember ever having seen that error message before so am not sure what to suggest really at the moment)
Did you delete all the settings for DC++ that you created from in ZA before you reinstalled DC? Did you download a proper copy of DC++ from sourceforge.net and not some fake one randomly off google?

fruc · Post by **fruc** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:08 pm

Thanks for the reply, i tried again tonight 00:10 16june) and got the same error message. All ZA is as was and ive not changed anything else.

i want the hub back

Post by **astropoint** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:13 pm

Hub is back up so it ought to be working. Have you tried with ZA disabled? Have you tried a clean install of DC++ (uninstalling + deleting all current files relating to it in program files and reinstalling?)

fruc · Post by **fruc** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:49 am

Ive tried all that, re-installed ZA and discarded all otions on DC reinstallation - think the only thing for it will be a system wipe after exams - still want to know what the problem was tho.

Post by **astropoint** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:00 am

I've never seen an error like \Drive\Harddisk2\DR4 before so am not sure what to suggest really :s

Post by **BigG** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:28 am

Try re-installing the hard disk controller?

fruc · Post by **fruc** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:25 am

""Try re-installing the hard disk controller?""

Whats this and how do i do it?

Zeus · Post by **Zeus** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:28 pm

through device manager you can access hard drive controllers. However i don't see how BigG's suggestion will help.

You could try and get another client from a different source, or just a slightly older version.

echelon · Post by **echelon** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:45 am

Zeus wrote:through device manager you can access hard drive controllers. However i don't see how BigG's suggestion will help.

You could try and get another client from a different source, or just a slightly older version.

I believe BigG was hinting at that it seems the Hard Disk controller is preventing DC from properly recognising the harddrive, which in this case is likely an external Hard Drive. It may even be unplugged. Funny thing is that it shouldn't usually throw an error as a result. I reckon u've not actually delete all the option files. Windows hides a lot of config stuff all over the places in many disorganised places. One of such places is the applications data folder in the Document and Setting Folder etc.. I believe your problem is a previous install of DC conflicting with ur system. Are you using the regular DC++ or are u using another client?

fruc · Post by **fruc** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:13 am

A couple of days ago i tried again, leaving everything as was and it worked perfectly, how strange? ive now wiped and as such am ready to join again. Any tips on quick hashing?

Post by **astropoint** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:15 am

fruc wrote:Any tips on quick hashing?

Faster hard drive

And well done on "fixing" it. Take all the credit

fruc · Post by **fruc** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:38 am

All setup, now hashing the first 250gb, only 7.5 hours left ( NOW 12 [WHY??]).. NO now 8!!!D'Oh, anyways will sort the rest out over the next few days... is it safe to use dc during 'office hours' due to the higher risk of being caught??

Post by **astropoint** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 2:41 am

Considering that all they will be doing is reading data out of their logs to track people, I can't see office hours making much of a difference. They would have to be employing people to sit there and just watch traffic graphs all day long, which is silly even by their standards

echelon · Post by **echelon** » Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:01 am

astropoint wrote:Considering that all they will be doing is reading data out of their logs to track people, I can't see office hours making much of a difference. They would have to be employing people to sit there and just watch traffic graphs all day long, which is silly even by their standards

don't kno that it matters.. they're likely to be too incompetent to even read the traffic graphs properly.. so my advice is to block external connections as that is definitely a wise move and will reduce your chances of being caught. Also with the new policy you get a warning first and not a fine right off at the beginning.