# Reccommend me a FREE dowload manager

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-me-a-free-dowload-manager/456209>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 12, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-me-a-free-dowload-manager/456209 "2008-07-12T03:19:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-me-a-free-dowload-manager/456209/1 "2008-07-12T03:19:06Z")

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Like the title says.  
I’m running Xp with IE7 (Not interested in changing so don’t bother mentioning firfox et al)  
I have tried Free download manager

> **[Free Download Manager - download everything from the internet](https://www.freedownloadmanager.org/index.htm)**
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> Use Free Download Manager to download movies, torrents and other files at top speed!

Which I loved - while it worked. The damn thing just stopped letting me download one day. Tried reinstalling but that made no difference.  
So then I tried Download Accelerator Plus

> **[Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) - Free Download Manager & Video Downloader](http://www.speedbit.com/)**
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> DAP is a download manager that allows you to download files up to 400% faster - multiple simultaneous downloads, resume broken downloads and much more.

Gahh! Downloaded a metric ton of crap onto my computer.  
So now I’m seeking to benefit from the combined knowledge and wisdom of the teeming millions in finding a decent download manger.

Cheers  
MRW

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-me-a-free-dowload-manager/456209/2 "2008-07-12T03:28:41Z")

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[Choose](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_download_managers).

GetRight used to be good, I used that back when I was on IE.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-me-a-free-dowload-manager/456209/3 "2008-07-12T03:30:09Z")

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What do you expect a download manager to do? (I don’t use one myself, but then I use Firefox, which you’re not interested in.)

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**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-me-a-free-dowload-manager/456209/4 "2008-07-12T04:02:40Z")

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I’m on dialup. If my internet connection drops out I can restart the download without starting from scratch. Because download can take forever on dialup I like being able to pause or slow down the download so I could use the internet. With free download manager I could set the speed of the download and the highest speed was twice as fast as I had previously been able to manage.

MRW

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-me-a-free-dowload-manager/456209/5 "2008-07-12T04:22:16Z")

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The best free download manager —\> [http://www.flashget.com/index\_en.htm](http://www.flashget.com/index_en.htm)

It works even better with a browser addon tool [Flashgot](http://flashgot.net/), but you have to use a superior web browser for that, and you don’t.

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**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccommend-me-a-free-dowload-manager/456209/6 "2008-07-13T03:00:47Z")

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There’s a great review of the best free download managers at the [Techsupport Alert Web site](http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-download-manager.htm).

Hope this helps.