Question Details:

I have a phppb forum and when I try to backup the sql database, either from within the forum Control Panel or the web hosts Control Panel I get varying length downloads.

I know the present database length is 35MB but the download will stop at anything between 7MB and 20MB, whichever CP I use. There aren't any errors and the download closes normally. I can then open the database and it is fine, no corruption, as I read down the file it just stops, again no errors.

I am using Vista Home Edition. I do a fair bit of downloading and don't have any other problems. I don't use a download manager.

Answer:

It is possible that your Internet fails for some seconds and the download remains blocked there, that's why you have an incomplete download. We suggest to use a download manager to resume the broken downloads like DAP.