Ahhh corrupted downloads

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Anything I download from the internet (intermittently) gets corrupted. I've swapped network cables, used a different NIC, tested my hard drive (thorough check which passed) and a single pass using memtest (no errors). I'm currently running a single stick of 2GB ram :D and thought it was all good after 2 successful downloads until I tried again later to download some more files.

What else can I do? I'm tired of downloading big linux iso files off the internet to test if I get corrupted files especially when I don't have the fastest internet around. It's more of an accurate test with larger files although I did get a corrupted exe/msi file too, which I then re-downloaded and worked.

My PC hasn't crashed or shown any signs of stability issues. I haven't changed anything as of late.

I'm quite tempted to upgrade my system NOW as I've been meaning to do it anyway. Any ideas? Thanks.
 
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Which browser are you using? Have you tried using something like CCleaner to clear out the temporary internet files folder? Are you running an AV? If so, which one? :)
 
I use the DownThemAll add-on with Firefox for downloading.

Might be worth giving it a bash.
 
I'm using Firefox and have tried Chrome too. Using AVG. Cleaned out temp files/folder.

I've re-tested my memory a stick at a time running for about 20 hours and no errors have been found. I've tried swapping out the sata cable, so will test soon. I've download some files on my laptop which is obviously connected to the same router without any problems so that rules out the router.

I'm baffled to what is causing or what more I can test to be honest but I now have a sneaky suspicion that repartitioning (reclaimed free space after deleting one of my partitions) my hard drive a couple of weeks ago might of had some affect. It wasn't the same partition I'm downloading to but same hard drive.

I guess I can format but only as a last resort.
 
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A lot of people say that this is a RAM issue, an while i am not doubting them, as it seems it is the case a lot of the time, i had this same issue. It turns out that the OS was the problem. A SFC as said above may help, although a reinstall of the OS is what fixed the problem for me. :)
 
Alasdairhurst said:
A lot of people say that this is a RAM issue, an while i am not doubting them, as it seems it is the case a lot of the time, i had this same issue. It turns out that the OS was the problem. A SFC as said above may help, although a reinstall of the OS is what fixed the problem for me. :)
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Just out of curiosity. Do you know what may have possibly caused the issue for you?
 
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Just out of curiosity. Do you know what may have possibly caused the issue for you?
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Most likely that something was corrupted in the OS. This issue only effected downloads that were quite large, but i'm afraid that i didn't manage to pinpoint the exact problem, but at least i knew it was on the software level.
 
Alasdairhurst said:
I'm also on virgin with the superhub, although i am on a wired connection, and i'm fairly use this issue was on WiFi?
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no. it's a firmware bug. it was fixed R37 but some people still get the issue...

but to make sure it's not a software issue. you could reinstall win7 then test it.
 
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