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Posted September 14, 2014
It would be nice if GOG supplied MD5 hashes with their files, that would make it easy to check your external backup for errors.
The integrity check in the installers was kind of annoying to be honest, especially with the larger games.
Posted September 14, 2014
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Smannesman: It would be nice if GOG supplied MD5 hashes with their files, that would make it easy to check your external backup for errors.
The integrity check in the installers was kind of annoying to be honest, especially with the larger games.
I agree. A Checksum or CRC would really help users out to make sure the data is correct.
Posted September 14, 2014
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011284mm: ...weeks downloading...
...when you have a poor internet is not much good...
I have much empathy, my internet connection is terrible and I always have a sense of unease about large downloads.

Can you muster enough disk space to create a partition and install Linux of some flavour? it was mentioned already but you can use the lgogdownloader. I'm using it and running the 'repair' function to check downloads as I go. It's true that everything has to be done through the command line and it's not always the most intuitive, but comparing it to copying and pasting md5 strings, the lgogdownloader is easier.
Posted September 15, 2014
Well I re-download Broken Sword 5 Sunday until all of the BIN files were complete. Took more then two attempts with one of them. So not a particularly productive day.

I am also worried about all of the installers from GG, HB, Shiny Loot ect. too, so I think I will wait until Christmas and then go through each installer individually. I'll just buy a new external as my Christmas present and install them all!
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rtcvb32: You could try forcing a redownload on top of the current files, it will go through an integrity check to determine if any blocks are broken or failed... Beyond that, an MD5 checksum or SHA-1 would be better...
For now it will just be to do just that. So you are my solution.
The biggest problem is that I download on my Windows 7 laptop before transferring them to an external HD for storage, where I then rearrange them into series order, before installing on my gaming machine which is internet "disabled".
So I have a very messed up collection when it come to sorting this all back out (took a little too long to check them).
Posted September 15, 2014
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011284mm: I am also worried about all of the installers from GG, HB, Shiny Loot ect. too, so I think I will wait until Christmas and then go through each installer individually.
I was thinking about the alternative available in HB. Downloadling through BitTorrent seems like one way to avoid these problems.
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