NEtherbane Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Hi, new to the forums, I'm 15 and my dad is making me reformat my computer on my own this time.So i got Windows XP installed and my motherboard drivers all installed. And i can connect to the internet and everything.My problem:I go onto the NVIDIA website to download my drivers BECAUSE I don't know where my CD's are.So I go to the download page for my graphics driver for my card (Which is a GeForce 6800 OC PCI Express)so i can play my various MMO's and stop that annoying screen thing for when i scroll.I download the file and I hit run.It starts reading the contents of the package then it says"The contents of this file cannot be unpacked. The executable you are trying to run has been corrupted.Please obtain another copy of the file, verify it's integrity, and try again."___________^This is the whole reason i reformatted in the first place, I was getting corrupted files when i downloadand when i would watch videos on youtube it would pause during various times in the video like it had skippedparts when buffering. It became extremely annoying, and after 6 or 7 months I was fed up.So does anyone have any idea whats wrong? I really REALLY need help on this.Thanks~Travis H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Did you carry out a real format and install or did you just re-install Windows on top of the previous version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEtherbane Posted August 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Did you carry out a real format and install or did you just re-install Windows on top of the previous version?I did a full format, deleted the partions (I think thats what theyre called) and created new ones, etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Additional question: is the driver install file name 162.18_forceware_winxp_32bit_english_whql.exe ?If so, what is the exact size in bytes? I have temporarily downloaded it and the size I have is 46.7 MB (48,968,752 bytes). Is yours the same? If not, then the download is corrupted, and you have to download it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEtherbane Posted August 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Well i just got the file from another computer so i have my drivers nowbut thats not what im conerned aboutIts download its general that get corrupted...and i'm really about to break downbecause i though formatting would fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Don't break down yet What kind of Internet connection do you have?What browser are you using?I think there is an option *somewhere* to make downloading verify itself, but I can't really remember where that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEtherbane Posted August 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Don't break down yet What kind of Internet connection do you have?What browser are you using?I think there is an option *somewhere* to make downloading verify itself, but I can't really remember where that is.I'm not sure what kind of ISP i have but i have a 100 mb/s connectionand i use both IE and FirefoxBUT its jsut that almost EVERYTIME i donwload ANYTHINGit is corruptand it makes me mad lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Let's wait until some of the UK members login; maybe someone may have an idea how to fix this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEtherbane Posted August 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEtherbane Posted August 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 My brother says it could be a problem with my hard-drive in general and so I'm thinking i should just buy a new one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Could be... Instead of using RUN, try using SAVE and save it somewhere, like My Documents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEtherbane Posted August 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Instead of using RUN, try using SAVEI try both...makes no differenceBut when i delete all my cookiesi can try the download again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 To see if there are any indications of a hard disk problem, run CHKDSK /R (Start, Run). You may need to reboot to actually run it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEtherbane Posted August 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 I fixed it! Apparently it was a problem with the Nvidia ForceWare app with the NVIDIA Firewall...When it was released it was corrupted and it messes with the network card and it makes it act weird so all i had to do was uninstall NVIDIA ForceWare Network Manager Controller..and its fixed! Thanks sooo mcuh for your help guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Congratulations - good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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