Torrents restored from backup file not accessible

[ronardo805]

After using Transmission for two months, I purchased a Drobo online. In preparation for moving the Transmission folder to the Drobo, I created a backup copy of that folder with all the .torrent files and associated (complete) data files, and put it on a spare drive. Then, to make space in the now-full 1TB main drive of my laptop while waiting for the Drobo to arrive, I deleted half of these files--.torrent and associated data files--in the original laptop folder, believing they would be safe since I had that backup. When the new Drobo arrived, I moved the Transmission backup copy from the external drive with all original files onto the Drobo.

Now any file that was deleted on the laptop before, is inaccessible by Transmission. All data files and their respective .torrent files are clearly there in the new folder, but the restored copies of the deleted ones have an error message: "Error. No Data Found! Ensure your drives are connect...". To re-download, remove the torrent and re-add it.""

Is there an easier way to restore these torrents to working order than re-downloading the 250 large data files they represent? Maybe there's a way to just remove and reset the .torrent files, without affecting the data files?

I've searched the Forum for the Error message and only found two hits, neither one seemingly related to my problem. I've also read the guidelines for posting and trust I am following those guidelines correctly. Let me know if I am not. Thank you for any guidance with this problem.

[rb07]

The problem is not the .torrent file(s), its the .resume file(s) (on the config/resume directory), it contains the location where the contents where, the field is "destination", and now you have the contents in a different location.

You could test that with one torrent, change its location, then try to verify it.

But with many torrents that procedure is not practical. Fast options:

• Perhaps you can make a symbolic link with the original name to the new location; or
• Make a script to edit those files, its not easy since its not just a replacement, the files are "bencoded" and you have to produce a valid file (the field value is preceded by its size and a semi-colon).