Download just stopped? (Im new at this, help?)?

Question

I'm trying to download a game to play on my computer. It was doing fine but then it's been stuck at 1hr and 8 min for about 20 minutes, what do i do to make it go?

Answer 1

ok

Answer 2

If you're downloading it directly from a web site (you clicked on a link and Internet Explorer popped up a window asking you whether you wanted to save the program or run it), just start the download again.  It does happen very rarely (you're just lucky to have it happen so soon).

If you're downloading with a program (like limewire, emule, utorrent - a torrent client) it means that the person you were downloading from is no longer on line.  That's one of the problems with torrents.  (The other problem is that the vast majority of things you download by torrent are riddled with viruses, Trojans and worse.)

Answer 3

Is it actually still DL'ing?  Sometimes a DL will start fast and then slow down, so you may still be receiving the file, but the DL has slowed.  See if you're actually getting data (you'll see the kilobytes increasing).

If not, you may have to start the DL over again.