RD: x% when beginning new . 4b19s

[Guest]

Hi.

All of a sudden I get RD: x% before all s.
I don't recall ever seeing it before, and it's quite annoying.
Especially since I don't know what it is.

TIA.

-Gandalf

[antini]

I believe it means Reserving Diskspace. If it's a large file, you're probably seeing it now because it takes longer to do so.

[Guest]

Ah, that makes sense.
Many thanks.

Course, that begs the question, how did you know?
I couldn't find it in the FAQ, docs or Google.

Thanks again.

-Gandalf

[antini]

Just a guess

I'm not sure that's what it means, but I'm pretty sure that's what it's doing.

[Guest]

Just a question

I use FDM for a long time and this "function" was not present
in any older version.
Older versions just created a file in a second.
So what for is this? Is it better then before?

[Alex]

Older versions does the same thing, but they does not show progress.

[Guest]

Unfortunately, this is not true.
I've just tried it with 700MB file.
FDM 2.1 allocate the space in a second and immediately starts ing. FDM 2.5 shows the progress.
I don't know if this new method is more "safe",
but I can say it is slower, much slower!

[Alex]

Yes, the difference is that FDM started immediately while the allocation was in progress. Now FDM wait until allocation will be finished.

[FDMan]

Just a guess

I'm not sure that's what it means, but I'm pretty sure that's what it's doing.

Ye, i think you're right since it does not show the size of the file before it does the RD.