Downloaded files are often corrupt

[McBugzz]

I've got a 56k connection so downloading large files takes a lot of time. The problem is, it's very dissapointing to d/load some 150-300 megs and then find out that the .zip is corrupt. The reason for the zip being corrupt is, I think, obvious - the file is d/loaded in multiple streams (sections) and the data has to be properly combined.

A connection may be lost, the electicity may be switched of suddenly etc. Many things may terminate the d/load manager's process unexpectedly. So I get corrupt files.

The question is, is there any app that allows to fix bad d/loads, by means of, say, splitting the file into multiple parts and checking MD5's for each of them, and thus finding a problem zone, and redownloading only that part of the file instead of the whole file?

 

[elmurado]

Try free downloads accelerator type it into google ....it picks up where it left off if the connection goes down...

 

[gpalmer711]

You could try downloading winace from

http://www.winace.com,

it has a facility for reparing Compressed files (zip, ace, rar, etc...). I have had this fix a 600+mb file before.

In answer to your question though I do not know of any software that will check each part of your file that is download for consistancy.

Greg Palmer

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Any feed back is appreciated.

 

[McBugzz]

elmurado, do u have absolutely no respect for others? a download accelerator, huh? first, I said that I d/load the files to the last byte, so It's not about resuming - it's a bout getting the wrong byte somewhere. second, maybe someone who knows about MD5's also heard of d/load managers.

btw, I have found a prog that can help in such situations:

http://www.r1ch.net/projects/fr1x/

It does exactly what I need.