I am trying to download a large file to my Windows 7 PC from an external hard drive. I started the download and I got a rectangle with a progress bar and a message that said 55 minutes were left. I checked the screen about 10 minutes later and the progress bar showed some progress, but the message still said 55 minutes left.
I came back later and the display was dark. This is normal, as either my computer turns the display off or the display turns itself off after a set amount of time (15 minutes, I think) of no input from the keyboard (to save power, I presume). As is normal, I just hit any key and the display came back on.
However, the rectangle with the progress bar was gone. I checked the file and found that it was only partly downloaded. I could not tell if it was still downloading, so I checked again after a few minutes, and no more had been downloaded. To avoid partial duplication, I deleted what had been downloaded, and started downloading it again. I stayed and watched the display this time. After about 15 minutes of downloading, the display went dark and I immediatedly hit a key to get the display to turn back on. When it did, the rectangle with the progress bar was gone.
I checked the file to see that the download was apparently stopped. I don't understand why Microsoft would set things up so that the download would stop when the display is turned off, but I tried to turn off the display power saving feature. I could not find a way to do it on the computer using human logic.
I tried going through the setup menu on the display itself. I tried looking in my Windows 7 Simplified book. I triedGoogling it. I tried the Microsoft website. I tried searching here. I could not find a way to do it. I guess I need Microsoft logic.
Does anybody here know how to do this? Also, I want to disconnect the hard drive from the computer. If I remember correctly, I am supposted to demount the drive first using 'Computer'. When I right or left click on the drive in 'Computer', I don't get any option to demount it. How do I demount the external hard drive? Yes, I searched for answers for that question, too.
Thank you very much. Display turn-off and Sleep mode were both set for 10 minutes. Apparently, sleep mode was what killed the download. I didn't know the computer was being put to sleep, I could only see that the display was dark.
I changed the settings for both to 4 hours and I was able to download the file. I also did some exploring on the computer and discovered that going to 'Start', then 'Devices and Printers' showed me another icon (in addition to the one in 'Start, then 'Computer') of the external hard drive that allowed me to demount (eject on the dropdown menu) the drive. (No help again from my Windows 7 Simplified book.).
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