How can I force Flashget to download file formats that aren't included in its 'monitor these types' list?

One way to do this would be to copy the link of the file into your clipboard, select 'new file' in Flashget and paste the URL into the URL dialog box, yet it is possible to achieve the same goal without leaving the web page where you found the link. This can be done by holding down your control and alt keys simultaneously whilst clicking on the link. Bear in mind that this technique also works when...

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Virtual disk drives

The mystery of eternally dwindling hard drive space, in terms of unfathomability, ranks alongside such conundrums as why certain people insist on responding to each and every question with a drawling "what?" or "eh?" when they've heard you perfectly well, or why some people insist on facing the wrong way when waiting for their bus (surely I'm not the only one to have noticed this phenomenon?). I can't...

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I want to get a rough idea of how long it's going to take to download a particular file. How would I go about doing that?

Pop along to Martindale's file download time calculator, enter the file size of whatever it is you wish to download and click on either the 'KB' or the 'MB' button, obviously dependent on the way in which you specified your file size (whether it was in kilobytes or megabytes). Now scroll down the table of time estimates until you reach the entry which correlates to the speed of your internet connection...

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Why when I try to download a file does my download manager return a tiny web page instead?

When accessing certain servers, rather than reporting a connection error itself, your download manager transfers a web page, which when opened in your browser states the cause of the problem, much like an error log. If the file is labeled 404.html or 403.html it should be clear to you what went wrong, yet if the label isn't so helpful you can try opening the page in Notepad to see if it reveals any...

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I'm trying to burn a CD image file, but it's much larger than the capacity of my CD-Rs. How do I make it fit?

CD images very often contain more data than you can squeeze onto a 650mb or 700mb CD-R, but this is nothing to worry about. You see, these inflated image files also contain all the necessary formatting information needed to reproduce the original CD. This can occupy anywhere in the region of a few, to hundreds of megabytes. However, what is important is not the size of the file to begin with, but...

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