Files downloaded in IE10 save in one place but buffer in another

Greetings, recently when I download files in IE10 using the "save as" option to save to a specific location, the ".partial" file will show up at that location but it will have 0 KB size, no matter how far along the download as determined in the "View downloads" window.

I believe the downloading file is being buffered in

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Low\Content.IE5

because I can find the file being downloaded within a specific folder given a random, 8-digit, alpha-numeric name, and that file is the correct size for how far along the download is.

I would like to reset things so that the downloaded file is buffered in the actual location where the file is being saved and not in Temporary Internet Files since I have Windows on a small partition and cannot afford unnecessary usage of space if it can be avoided.

Thanks for reading this and for any help you might have.

Hi TZ and thanks for your reply and welcome.

You're right it's the large files I'm having issues with, especially when they take almost a day to download with my connection speeds.

I'm curious why you would advise against directly saving to another partition other than Windows since that's what I've always done and usually haven't had any problems.

I've always downloaded directly to my external RAID because it avoids the extra step of having to copy files over from a default downloads folder and I don't have to remember what download goes into which RAID folder.

Anyway, until a few days ago my downloads always buffered in the locations where they're saved and I just want to reset things to go back to that.