How to Find a File on the Web

[Windows 2000 SP4]

Sometimes you need to find a specific file on the web such as abcdef.zip. Google is always a good starting point but I usually have more luck with these FTP search engines.

1 http://www.filewatcher.com/
1 http://www.metaftp.com/

[The Dude]

Very good :)

[Constance]

Didn't know the first one ^^

Btw, here are a few more :

http://www.filedonkey.com/
http://www.filemirrors.com/search.src

And if the files you are looking for a gaming related, you may try you luck with the following ones :

filefront.com
fileplanet.com
fileshack.com

You'll need a (free) account to download on fileplanet or fileshack, and there are waiting lines... not on filefront but of course you may find the files you are looking for on one of them and not the others.

Oh and remember, if you know the md5 hash of a file but the original link is dead, you still may try a google search on that criteria.

[fanshionmei]

files you download from the web can be hard to find if you don't know where the default download location is.

[fanshionemma]

“findthatfile.com’s mission is to provide the most comprehensive file search on the Internet encompassing Web, FTP, Usenet and P2P resources including 43 file types and 200+ file extensions including over 90 file upload services like RapidShare. We search as deeply as possible to identify and serve the most relevant data possible including properties, meta data, extracts and more."


;)
You can try.