# real download help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-download-help/116544>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 29, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-download-help/116544 "2002-06-29T05:26:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-download-help/116544/1 "2002-06-29T05:26:02Z")

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I’m trying to download a big file (33637k), and it says it’s going to take about 13 hours.

My first problem is that it occasionally times out, so while I’ve gone out thinking that it’s downloading, it’s actually stopped. Is there any way to fix this?

My second and more frustrating problem is that sometimes in the middle of downloading, it will stop as if it was finished the clip(this time at 42%). I have to start downloading all over again to get the full clip. Is there any way to get it to start again where it stopped?

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**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-download-help/116544/2 "2002-06-30T17:11:28Z")

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any help, guys and gals?

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-download-help/116544/3 "2002-06-30T17:19:06Z")

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Download GetRight. It’s a program that automatically resumes timed-out downloads, among other things. Very handy.

[http://www.getright.com/](http://www.getright.com/)

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**Author:** ![JFMichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@JFMichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFMichael)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-download-help/116544/4 "2002-06-30T17:43:12Z")

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I haven’t tried GetRight, but my friends and I swear by Download Accelerator Plus (DAP). It not only lets you resume downloads, it also speeds them up _tremendously_ by downloading from all possible mirrors simultaneosly. I routinely get 300KB/s on a cable modem. However, you can’t use it to download video card drivers. You can get it at [www.speedbit.com](http://www.speedbit.com)

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**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-download-help/116544/5 "2002-06-30T18:08:30Z")

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thanks!

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**Author:** ![Nukeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Nukeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nukeman)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-download-help/116544/6 "2002-06-30T20:25:49Z")

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bear in mind that some sites will ban your ip if you do multiple downloads - one of getright’s features is to split the file up into many segments to increase download speed - be sure to turn this off.

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**Author:** ![maikai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@maikai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maikai)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-download-help/116544/7 "2002-07-01T00:20:30Z")

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I’m going to download GetRight. Ironically, I’m using Real Download to do it.