Downloads completing prematurely! HELP PLEASE~?

Question

Hi,

Recently I've been having problems completing my downloads. It doesn't matter whether it's from sendspace, rapidshare or bandago, it seems that whenever I dl, especially files that are huge and takes hours to finish, most of the time, they just do not complete. Instead, halfway through, it will suddenly say 'download complete', leaving me with an incomplete file! I've no idea why this happens! My other friends can have their dls running for hours without any problems... I've even turned off my screensaver, cleared my cache, and cleaned up my drive. It doesn't seem to work!

OS---> Windows XP
ISP---> Streamyx

I'm using IE, and my dl manager is Getright, or normal IE download manager, since the dl site i've stated do not allow dl managers/resume. I do have Firefox, but I have experienced the same problem when dling Utube videos.

temp net file size is 1049mb

the file i tried to dl was 100+mb in size

Answer 1

What download manager do you use? I find FlashGet works pretty well... it might help.

Answer 2

Try doing this (if you have cleared the cache, cleaned up your drive, etc... as you had stated):

Open the Internet Options and increase the size of your Temporary Internet File disk space. Depending on the size of the files you are attempting to download, doing this should help. Also, be aware of the location where the Temporary Internet Files Directory is. If there's not enough room on the drive where this directory is located, you'll encounter problems. Moving the directory to another drive with more free space could help.

You also may want to consider a file transfer utility. There are a number of free ones out there and some of them are pretty good.

Let me know if this helps.

Answer 3

Try a different browser, http://www.opera.com/download is always a good bet even if you have no problems.

Also, ensure you don't have any settings such as "Switch off Hard Drives after 1 hour" set. As this would disrupt it for obvious reasons.