Large File Vanished

After reviewing the FAQ and the "knowledge base" in the problems forum neither yielded an answer to my problem.

I was downloading a large file (250 MB) and at arround 180 MBs it said "failed". As I reattempted, it dis-appeared from my 'traffic' que. No .dat files of that file (or any other file extensions that size) were found in my designated dl folder. But what's worse when I checked my traffic options, my 'C' drive was toggled to be downloaded from. This is common sense not to toggle that. I used my crummy w98 SE "Find" feature and it could not find either .dat files of that size or ANY files that size downloaded on this day or recently (past 3 months).

Have you had any posters with this problem before??

Gaurding Against a Strike :ph34r: ,

free2bp2p

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Originally posted by free2bp2p@29 March 2004 - 03:18
But what's worse when I checked my traffic options, my 'C' drive was toggled to be downloaded from. This is common sense not to toggle that.

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That sounds like a virus...what antivirus do you currently have installed?
Also, have you run checks for adware/spyware on your system?

edit: Antivirus guide, Spyware/adware removal

Is your hard drive full?

The FAT32 table/s may be screwed up if you've used it for months.

Try running a SCANDISK and see if it turns up any error messages.

Then check free space on that drive again.