I need some help to finish off a large download. I was using WS_FTP when my computer crashed, and I had to reinstall W2K from bottom. Is there any way to resume download of the big file?

Ursula:(

Hi Ursula, if you did a Reinstall of the system, any info., pointers etc. that would allow a "Resume" to be done are long gone now.:( Sounds to me its a case of starting it all over again.:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

i think you can, actually. just put the incomplete file in the default download directory of your ftp client, and redownload the file again. make sure you check the settings of the client for options on resuming dloading. some clients have the options to choose from - restart again, resume, or skip the file entirely.

My first question would be... Did you format the hard drive? Or do you have your system set up on different partitions?

If the part of the file you were downloading is on another partition (still there) and the site allows a resumable download then you should be able to resume the download - by downloading again pointing to where the incomplete file is :)..

If the incomplete file was lost with the reinstall (or crash) then you will not be able to resume it because there is nothing to resume :(