Will MEGA not download a deleted folder if the download already started?
A few days ago I started a 4 TB download to disk using MegaSync, dubious content, not that it matters. The download is sitting at 3.1 TB and going strong, but the link to the MEGA file has since been deleted, probably for copyright reasons. Since I've already started the downloads, will I still get all the files?
This is my first time using MegaSync (and downloading such a huge file), and the subfolders seem to be incomplete, does MEGA not download them in order but instead has a specific method to do so? it does seem to be downloading the larger files now.
Posted Sep 10, 2021, 11:54 PM UTC
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No. Once the link has been deleted, the download will stop. Any files not already completely downloaded will not download further.
As you asked MEGAsync to download the entire 4 TB of files in one go, the entire download needed to complete. As the link has been deleted, it now can't do that.
For future reference, a better way to download such a large link is to select a far smaller number of files (rather than all of them), let MEGAsync download just those, then when that download has completed add in more files. If you leave the downloaded files in place, MEGAsync won't download them again if you later added in the same files.
I see, but why is it still downloading then? There is still a metric ton of files on the "Active Transfers" section (Can't find the combined file size to sum it all up and see if its 4TB), all queued and downloading at a normal rate. I'm not sure the link has been deleted, all it says is: "The folder link you are trying to access is no longer available. This could be due to the following reasons:
-The folder link has been removed because of a ToS/AUP violation.
-Invalid URL.
-The folder link has been disabled by the user.
Is it just a matter of time? Is it because I "saved" them all somehow before downloading the files? MEGA just wants me to have those files? (blessed???)
Thanks for the help mate.
Quick EDIT: Since it's such a large size, I haven't turned my computer off since starting the downloads. Again, it's my first time using MEGAsync so I'm not sure if that matters, but still thought it would be useful info to share.
Once a link has been deleted, MEGAsync will lose access to the files it's trying to download, so the transfer rate will likely drop and drop until it finally stops.
As mentioned, in the future if you download in smaller chunks, that part of the download has a chance to complete more quickly than if you tried to download everything in one go.
Well, the download finished this morning, all files accounted for. Guess I got lucky, thanks for the help. In the future I'll definitely use your method to download larger files.