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hashing of files direct connect just these guys ya know direct connect just these guys ya know topics relating to the direct connect network search home blog topic suggestion box bug reporting post list posts comments general adc clients documentation nmdc security developers release source code dc protocol chat time left 584 million years hashing of files march 14 2007 by fredrik ullner 1 comment something that every so often arises on the now absent forum is why dc re hashes some files people with network drives are among the majority of these users there are two reasons why dc would re hash a file 1 the path to the file has changed the file name is included here 2 the file content has changed people don t realize why 1 is important they think that dc could just look at the file name and see that it s the same file however this would obviously not work well if you have multiple files named the same example png sprinkled through your share 2 is obvious if you re indeed changing the content of a file intentionally however there s some software that automatically do this for you you might experience this the most with mp3 files and documents certain media players like to change the id3 tag of mp3s and various document editors like to set their own foot print on the files people with network shares may see these things regularly detaching and re attaching the network drive may cause them to update the files timestamp and may cause dc to re hash the files 2 sometimes the path may also change causing 1 to happen don t forget that you can make topic suggestions for blog posts in our blog topic suggestion box share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x like loading related filed under documentation general one response to hashing of files emtee says march 15 2007 at 11 24 am thist can happen with external devices as well if once dc started with the drive detached and later when it started with the device containing a part of the share re attached again also the 1 case can happen with these removable hdd s because unless the user doesn t make some configuration the attached drive gets the first available drive letter what can varies time to time if serveral combination of external disks usb sticks card readers are used with the same computer needless to say this is one of the most annoying thing in windows to solve the problem it worth to assign a fix drive letter to the external device http support microsoft com kbid 307844 or mount the whole drive to a folder in the local filesystem http support microsoft com kb 307889 the lattter solution requires ntfs file system of course reply leave a comment cancel reply recent posts dc 0 884 is out dcvault net a new home for the direct connect community introducing dc experimental 2026 the year when a dc came back dc 0 883 is out archives archives select month august 2026 september 2025 july 2025 may 2025 february 2025 november 2024 march 2024 november 2023 october 2022 september 2022 april 2022 november 2021 september 2021 march 2020 november 2018 october 2018 october 2017 may 2017 february 2017 january 2017 november 2016 october 2016 september 2016 january 2016 august 2015 may 2015 april 2015 january 2015 may 2014 april 2014 november 2013 september 2013 august 2013 july 2013 june 2013 may 2013 march 2013 february 2013 january 2013 october 2012 september 2012 august 2012 july 2012 may 2012 april 2012 march 2012 february 2012 december 2011 october 2011 september 2011 august 2011 july 2011 june 2011 may 2011 april 2011 march 2011 january 2011 december 2010 november 2010 september 2010 august 2010 july 2010 june 2010 may 2010 april 2010 march 2010 february 2010 january 2010 december 2009 october 2009 september 2009 august 2009 july 2009 june 2009 may 2009 march 2009 february 2009 january 2009 december 2008 november 2008 october 2008 july 2008 june 2008 april 2008 march 2008 january 2008 december 2007 november 2007 october 2007 september 2007 august 2007 july 2007 june 2007 may 2007 april 2007 march 2007 february 2007 january 2007 december 2006 november 2006 october 2006 september 2006 august 2006 july 2006 june 2006 may 2006 april 2006 march 2006 links comment registration dc development hub dc faq dcnf forum direct connect network foundation dcnf hub list nightly builds protocol adc protocol nmdc meta create account log in entries feed comments feed wordpress com create a free website or blog at wordpress com comment reblog subscribe subscribed direct connect just these guys ya know join 38 other subscribers sign me up already have a wordpress com account log in now privacy direct connect just these guys ya know subscribe subscribed sign up log in copy shortlink report this content view post in reader manage subscriptions collapse this bar d design a site like this with wordpress com get started