I know this has been covered but - download error!

> Hey Alex - I've used the Akamai Technologies Download Manager several times,
> stopped and resumed and haven't had any problems. Have you tried to delete
> all remnants of your previous attempts as well as the download manager and
> started from scratch? I did that each time I downloaded a new copy.
>
> "alex_ncfc" wrote:
>

> > I am reaching the end of my teather! This is well and truly driving me mad -
> > 4 times now I have tried to download the RC1 and every time something goes
> > wrong. I tried Flashget, which stopped at around 2GB. I tried Firefox, which
> > worked but i stupidly thought the built in manager supported resume, so
> > closed firefox, only to see i'd have to start again, so that's a no go. I've
> > now tried "Free download manager" and get the following:
> >
> > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Starting download...
> > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Opening file on the disk...
> > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Succeeded
> > 13:10:43 13/09/2006 Unknown network error
> > 13:10:43 13/09/2006 Pause 5 sec.
> > 13:10:44 13/09/2006 Stopped
> >
> > And that's all i get! It's done 2298MB, so nearly done, which makes it even
> > worse. Any ideas? If i click the link on the
> > http://download.windowsvista.com/pre...n/download.htm page to download
> > the 32Bit version, the IE download box comes up instantly! So I know for a
> > fact that the link isn't down. What on earth could be going wrong?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > Alex

> Hey Alex - I've used the Akamai Technologies Download Manager several times,
> stopped and resumed and haven't had any problems. Have you tried to delete
> all remnants of your previous attempts as well as the download manager and
> started from scratch? I did that each time I downloaded a new copy.
>
> "alex_ncfc" wrote:
>

> > I am reaching the end of my teather! This is well and truly driving me mad -
> > 4 times now I have tried to download the RC1 and every time something goes
> > wrong. I tried Flashget, which stopped at around 2GB. I tried Firefox, which
> > worked but i stupidly thought the built in manager supported resume, so
> > closed firefox, only to see i'd have to start again, so that's a no go. I've
> > now tried "Free download manager" and get the following:
> >
> > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Starting download...
> > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Opening file on the disk...
> > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Succeeded
> > 13:10:43 13/09/2006 Unknown network error
> > 13:10:43 13/09/2006 Pause 5 sec.
> > 13:10:44 13/09/2006 Stopped
> >
> > And that's all i get! It's done 2298MB, so nearly done, which makes it even
> > worse. Any ideas? If i click the link on the
> > http://download.windowsvista.com/pre...n/download.htm page to download
> > the 32Bit version, the IE download box comes up instantly! So I know for a
> > fact that the link isn't down. What on earth could be going wrong?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > Alex

> Are you trying to download to a server on a network, or to your local hard
> drive?
>
> "johndw" wrote:
>

> > Hey Alex - I've used the Akamai Technologies Download Manager several times,
> > stopped and resumed and haven't had any problems. Have you tried to delete
> > all remnants of your previous attempts as well as the download manager and
> > started from scratch? I did that each time I downloaded a new copy.
> >
> > "alex_ncfc" wrote:
> >

> > > I am reaching the end of my teather! This is well and truly driving me mad -
> > > 4 times now I have tried to download the RC1 and every time something goes
> > > wrong. I tried Flashget, which stopped at around 2GB. I tried Firefox, which
> > > worked but i stupidly thought the built in manager supported resume, so
> > > closed firefox, only to see i'd have to start again, so that's a no go. I've
> > > now tried "Free download manager" and get the following:
> > >
> > > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Starting download...
> > > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Opening file on the disk...
> > > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Succeeded
> > > 13:10:43 13/09/2006 Unknown network error
> > > 13:10:43 13/09/2006 Pause 5 sec.
> > > 13:10:44 13/09/2006 Stopped
> > >
> > > And that's all i get! It's done 2298MB, so nearly done, which makes it even
> > > worse. Any ideas? If i click the link on the
> > > http://download.windowsvista.com/pre...n/download.htm page to download
> > > the 32Bit version, the IE download box comes up instantly! So I know for a
> > > fact that the link isn't down. What on earth could be going wrong?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help,
> > >
> > > Alex

> Just my local hard drive.
>
> "johndw" wrote:
>

> > Are you trying to download to a server on a network, or to your local hard
> > drive?
> >
> > "johndw" wrote:
> >

> > > Hey Alex - I've used the Akamai Technologies Download Manager several times,
> > > stopped and resumed and haven't had any problems. Have you tried to delete
> > > all remnants of your previous attempts as well as the download manager and
> > > started from scratch? I did that each time I downloaded a new copy.
> > >
> > > "alex_ncfc" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am reaching the end of my teather! This is well and truly driving me mad -
> > > > 4 times now I have tried to download the RC1 and every time something goes
> > > > wrong. I tried Flashget, which stopped at around 2GB. I tried Firefox, which
> > > > worked but i stupidly thought the built in manager supported resume, so
> > > > closed firefox, only to see i'd have to start again, so that's a no go. I've
> > > > now tried "Free download manager" and get the following:
> > > >
> > > > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Starting download...
> > > > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Opening file on the disk...
> > > > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Succeeded
> > > > 13:10:43 13/09/2006 Unknown network error
> > > > 13:10:43 13/09/2006 Pause 5 sec.
> > > > 13:10:44 13/09/2006 Stopped
> > > >
> > > > And that's all i get! It's done 2298MB, so nearly done, which makes it even
> > > > worse. Any ideas? If i click the link on the
> > > > http://download.windowsvista.com/pre...n/download.htm page to download
> > > > the 32Bit version, the IE download box comes up instantly! So I know for a
> > > > fact that the link isn't down. What on earth could be going wrong?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help,
> > > >
> > > > Alex

> Sorry if I'm asking the obvious, but I'm just retracing my steps that worked.
> I DID have a problem trying to save to my E: Drive (partition) and just
> saved to the desktop which worked fine. I think it was a permissions issue
> for an alternate drive that came up unexpectedly in Beta 2, even though I had
> been accessing the drive for other files with no problem. Have you tried the
> desktop?
>
> "alex_ncfc" wrote:
>

> > Just my local hard drive.
> >
> > "johndw" wrote:
> >

> > > Are you trying to download to a server on a network, or to your local hard
> > > drive?
> > >
> > > "johndw" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey Alex - I've used the Akamai Technologies Download Manager several times,
> > > > stopped and resumed and haven't had any problems. Have you tried to delete
> > > > all remnants of your previous attempts as well as the download manager and
> > > > started from scratch? I did that each time I downloaded a new copy.
> > > >
> > > > "alex_ncfc" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I am reaching the end of my teather! This is well and truly driving me mad -
> > > > > 4 times now I have tried to download the RC1 and every time something goes
> > > > > wrong. I tried Flashget, which stopped at around 2GB. I tried Firefox, which
> > > > > worked but i stupidly thought the built in manager supported resume, so
> > > > > closed firefox, only to see i'd have to start again, so that's a no go. I've
> > > > > now tried "Free download manager" and get the following:
> > > > >
> > > > > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Starting download...
> > > > > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Opening file on the disk...
> > > > > 13:10:42 13/09/2006 Succeeded
> > > > > 13:10:43 13/09/2006 Unknown network error
> > > > > 13:10:43 13/09/2006 Pause 5 sec.
> > > > > 13:10:44 13/09/2006 Stopped
> > > > >
> > > > > And that's all i get! It's done 2298MB, so nearly done, which makes it even
> > > > > worse. Any ideas? If i click the link on the
> > > > > http://download.windowsvista.com/pre...n/download.htm page to download
> > > > > the 32Bit version, the IE download box comes up instantly! So I know for a
> > > > > fact that the link isn't down. What on earth could be going wrong?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for any help,
> > > > >
> > > > > Alex