DSL is M.I.A.

Forum: DSL Embedded
Topic: DSL is M.I.A.
started by: asylum2

Posted by asylum2 on July 22 2006,21:23

I downloaded it. It worked fine. I shut it down. Now I cannot find any trace of it on my computer. Would you know what file it unzips to? I'm using it with XP - right from the harddrive.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 22 2006,21:52

If you use the integrated XP zip folder in explorer, afaik it will use some temp directory ( %temp% maybe ). It also couldve been deleted already.

Posted by asylum2 on July 22 2006,22:57

I was using firefox when I downloaded it - would that make a difference? If I need to re-download it, what file should it be saved to? Or would I have to do something with partitions. It seemed to partition, itself. That file that starts with "q", I found it in a search but couldn't get to it - does that mean that the files are still viable? Why would a 50 mg file erase itself?

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 23 2006,00:27

Both your posts combined are confusing...
First you asked where it unzips to.
Then you ask where you downloaded it?!

Please use some sort of Save As option when you download, and save it to a location you know where it is.

I don't get how the rest of your post is relevant...
did you mean 'q' as in 'qemu'?

Posted by asylum2 on July 23 2006,03:09

Yeah that was the q thing - so if there is a reference to it still on the harddrive - is the 50 mg file somewhere still on the harddrive? c, I downloaded from a dial-up connection(which took a lot of time,obviously) and I've never experienced losing such a large file before for apparently no reason. Where I save the file to when I download is irrelevant because I just click on the icon for it to extract. Is there a way to divert it from going to the temp file during it's extraction process-to go somewhere instead where it will actually be present.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 23 2006,04:37

Like I said, your temporary files could be in %temp% or most probably already deleted.

I asked if you know where you saved it because you could just extract it to someplace you _know_ where it is this time - also because your posts are a bit confusing to read for me.