Very large file downloading - but I have to leave my computer - what can I do?

Billy Pilgrim

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Hi
This is a bit urgent (sort of).

I'm at work downloading a large (paid for) video game file, using Google Chrome. Well, it's actually only 5Gb, but the download speed is really slow - it looks like it'll not be finished until tomorrow.

But I have to go home later!

What can I do? What happens if I just leave the computer on? It'll go into sleep, no? And that'll break the download, no?

Can I force the computer to stay on (not sleep) and also lock it and have the download continue?

Should I just pause it in Chrome?

Any other ways of handling it?

Your thoughts and experience on this topic would be much appreciated.

 
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Yes. All the tasks that are left on will be running on the background.

Billy Pilgrim

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Great, thanks a lot for your quick reply!
About locking the computer:
Can I do what you suggest ("Go into Control Panel, etc.) then lock the computer too?

 

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Yes. All the tasks that are left on will be running on the background.
 
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