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Help! I was downloading a BIG exe file and my wife closed my laptop!

regaldozer
02-10-2006, 10:52 AM
Can the download be restarted and picked up from the same point? Or do I have to start alll over again?

I was using the save (not run) in the download. And there is an exe file on my desktop. (incomplete, I assume)

any way to do this?

(I was dowloading the Battle for Middle Earth Demo, in case you were wondering)

thanks

poertner_1274
02-10-2006, 01:58 PM
If you were using Internet Explorer, then you might be able to resume, but I doubt it. If you were using Opera there is the option to resume transfer. I'd look into something like that.

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ender
02-11-2006, 09:12 AM
Try to download and install Wget for Windows. It should be able to pick up where the browser left off. It's quite a useful tool for getting files from the internet. :D

Tedster
02-15-2006, 09:27 PM
mozilla suite will usually resume, I don't know about firefox though.

Peddant
02-15-2006, 09:37 PM
Best to use a download manager for big stuff - http://www.download.com/LeechGet-2004/3000-2071_4-10226002.html

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