# Downloading w/ Firefox "Lost Downloads" Where're They?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-w-firefox-lost-downloads-wherere-they/298294>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 7, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-w-firefox-lost-downloads-wherere-they/298294 "2005-04-07T22:04:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-w-firefox-lost-downloads-wherere-they/298294/1 "2005-04-07T22:04:56Z")

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I’ve been downloading Linux distros like a collector. I inadvertantly filled a drive. I don’t know if that’s related or not. I’ve cleaned up several gigs on that drive since then.

Anyway, I have several downloads that sya they’re @ 100% but won’t go to ‘done’ nor will they cnotinue dowloading. I tried pausing and restaring, but to no avail. They are not listed in the folder where I was sending them. Where are they?

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**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-w-firefox-lost-downloads-wherere-they/298294/2 "2005-04-08T01:59:42Z")

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Any thoughts? Anybody?

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-w-firefox-lost-downloads-wherere-they/298294/3 "2005-04-08T03:55:25Z")

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Could they be in the temporary internet files folder?

Try accessing %temp% from Start -\> Run.

Not sure if Firefox stores them there, though.

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-w-firefox-lost-downloads-wherere-they/298294/4 "2005-04-08T03:57:02Z")

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Actually, nevermind that last comment. For me at least, Firefox just stores the unfinished file in the download dir. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![dlack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@dlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dlack)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-w-firefox-lost-downloads-wherere-they/298294/5 "2005-04-08T12:29:37Z")

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Did you delete the files?