no problem behind firewall and NAT router

use Bit Torrent 4.4, sets up system on XP automatically on install>

http://www.download.com/BitTorrent/3...ml?tag=lst-0-1

CD source>
http://www.fordcds.com/

enter in url of Ford truck year download you want into Bit Torrent click file/bit torrent url and enter into pop up

downloaded all Ford truck cd iso torrents here on cable in less than 1 hour

 

one thing i forgot to mention
i am running Bit Torrent with Firefox browser
your streaming mileage may vary with IE

 

What if my IP blocks torrents? Is there another way to download?

 

The page www.fordcds.com does not seem to have CDs for my year's Aerostar. Do they have CD ISOs for 1990 Aerostars some place else?

 

really good find

 

a94cobra> not that i am aware of

xlt4wd> check out ebay...lots listed on there...make sure they include the the EVTM section for all the electrical system troubleshooting which is where 80% of the Aero's problems are

 

Torrent download seems most uncooperative.

 

If someone can figure out how to convert the Torrent for 1997 to a usable file, I will host it on one of my servers.

Maybe I'm just dense, or computer illiterate, or a little of both....

Dale

 

Must we buy dual layer burnable DVD's to use the DVD torrents? They are too big for a regular DVD-R.

 

Dale might have a good idea. This assums it is legal for us to maintain and distribute these files. If each of us who has a server would host one or two years, we might be able to handle the download bandwidth for at least those on the Aerostar forum. I don't know enough about this Torrent business to get a decent download of it.

 

Although it might be a good idea, implimentation of that idea has been slow. Someone who has the files in the proper format has contacted me (the same day I posted last), but I haven't followed up with the FTP info he needs.

It's not really lazyness, since that last post I've either been under/in the Aerostar (got the Playstation installed Friday night, finally finished the rack system inside for the Karts), rebuilt the engine on the Nationals Kart (we're still in the "blow it up" phase), believe next years Kart (Cadet) is finally fitted for him, and drove 6 hours each way on Saturday for him to practice at the track he'll be racing on next week.

My only gripe with the Aerostar is with the unneeded extra weight and complexity added with the AWD. I know it's not worth the trouble of converting, so it's not a serious gripe yet....

I promise to try to get that FTP info out to make the files accessible. I doubt they'll be available 100% of the time though. As people get frustrated with the Torrent (which is a great idea, we're just not the best audience for the application I think) they will become available from time to time. That way, the bandwidth will be limited to people who are actually using the forum, instead of wasted on the google guys.

Dale

 

So what do I do with .iso file? What application will open it? Dang it sux being stooopid.

 

So I burned it to a cd with the volume label same as the first part of the .iso file. Everything looked good but I tried to run the setup and it failed, I tried to run the installer and it failed. any ideas?

 

After you put the CD in the drive, the volume shown on the drive should match the required volume name. Also, double click on the "Install*****" not the "Setup*****" on the CD. If you are using Windows XP or 2000, you must install and run it under an administrator account. If you are using the Mac, go get a Windows PC.

 

SuperBlue,

The .iso file is an image of the contents of a CD, including directory and file structures, as well as the files themselves. These formats are defined in specifications adopted by the International Standards Organization (ISO). Only tech geeks know things like this; you're not stooopid, just not a geek.

There are various applications that can run under Windoze that will write .iso files onto CDs or DVDs. If you buy a CD or DVD writer for your PC, or if your PC came with a CD or DVD writer, it will usually come with some kind of free software for writing these discs. Most of them, like Nero, Ulead, Roxio, will also write from iso files. I use a free program called DVDdcrypter to read and write DVD images, but it turns out that it will also burn CD iso files onto CD-R/CD-RW. And yes, CD iso files are different from DVD iso files.