Partial downloads missing

Hi,
My unfinished iTunes downloads keep disappearing, this is very annoying, why can't Apple couldn't get a simple download resume working is beyond me. I'm trying to download a big app (offline map, more than 1GB), the download starts fine, and if I close iTunes normally and reopen it a day later, the download is still there and can resume, so far so good. But if I keep doing this for a few days, the unfinished download will disappear along with the "Downloads" folder under STORE in iTunes. I'm not sure what caused this, but the most recent case is my home lost power and the ADSL modem is down (My laptop is still running on battery), after I get the power restored, the 1GB download in iTunes is gone. "Check for Available Downloads" does nothing, I had to restart the download (most annoyingly I had to find the app again in the store, another waste of my time). Please tell me there is a way to fix this, I'm using iTunes 10.4
Thanks

If your country's iTunes Store allows you to redownload purchased tracks, I'd delete your current copies of the tracks and try redownloading fresh copies. For instructions, see the following document:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Otherwise, I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the items that are not playing properly. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the items, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" links next to the items.

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