What is the easiest way to copy an Office disk to an FTP site?

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I have to make a copy of Office Disks and put it on an FTP site. I have Nero, Winzip, WinRar. What would be the best way- make an image with Nero then send to FTP?

this isnt illegal. we have open licenses- i just need to get the software to a few people across the country as quickly as possible

Answer 1

Well, as what you're talking about is illegal, we can only talk hypothetically.

So, hypothetically if one wanted to download a piece of illegal software from a p2p or ftp site, it is most likely to be in the form of a disk image...or a disk image inside an archive (such as zip or rar) to try to reduce the size a bit more. Hypothetically one would create a disk image (.iso) using Nero and then winzip it up before ftp'ing.

Hypothetically though, they will be pretty big in file size so I would hope that the person in question would have a fast broadband connection, or else hyptherically he'd be there for hours if not days.

:)

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Posted: Fri 14 Jan, 2005 13:16 Post subject: BMW Disks

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here is a ftp site With the disks on
use a ftp client to down load as the connection some times dropes out and with a client you can carry on were you left out.

IP : 212.67.202.207
Userid : ftp.bmwnav
Password : bmwnav01

dont know how long they will be there for so good luck

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Posted: Fri 14 Jan, 2005 13:40 Post subject:

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NICE!!!!

And only 3 hours to download the TIS. he he...

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Posted: Fri 14 Jan, 2005 14:15 Post subject:

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Sorry for my ignorance, but what is on these?

_EBA

_ETK

_TIS (workshop manual?)

_WDS

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Yeah, I know that TIS is Technical Information System. not sure about the others.

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Posted: Fri 14 Jan, 2005 14:34 Post subject:

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etk is elektronischer Teile Katalog meaning EPC (electronic part catalogue)

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Posted: Fri 14 Jan, 2005 16:01 Post subject:

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I've just tried it and all I get is a "page cannot be displayed" warning. I've copied the link to my favourites to try again later though. Thanks for the nod.

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Posted: Fri 14 Jan, 2005 16:09 Post subject:

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same here page not recognised

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Posted: Fri 14 Jan, 2005 16:22 Post subject: Error...

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I get ad error too...

The IP address takes you to myserverworld..?

Can you check the link.

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Posted: Fri 14 Jan, 2005 16:29 Post subject:

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You need to either use ftp via the command line or get an ftp client, something like cute ftp will work.

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Posted: Fri 14 Jan, 2005 16:31 Post subject:

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mystic can you explain plse ?

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Posted: Fri 14 Jan, 2005 16:31 Post subject: sorted..

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Thanks..

connected OK now..

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Posted: Fri 14 Jan, 2005 16:49 Post subject:

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How To FTP:

open a dos box type ftp return
then type open 212.67.202.207
enter the user id
enter the passwd
you need to set the mode to binary just type bin
and then type prompt (no user interface )
now type ls -l ( to see a list of the files)
then mget BMW* (this will get one after the other )
or if you open multiple connections use mget BMW_TIS* or mget BMW_ETK* depending on what file you want to download

Or you can download a windows Ftp client
Good Luck
Here are some basic ftp command

I. Opening and closing connection

ftp - starts an FTP session
open hostname - connects to the specified host
close - closes the connection (but not the FTP session!)
quit - terminates the FTP session

II. Browsing on a remote machine

dir - gives a full directory listing on the remote machine
dir test* - displays only files and directories whose name begins with "test..."
ls - same as dir, but provides a simplified listing of filenames

III. Directories in FTP

pwd - prints the name of the current remote directory
cd remote-directory - changes working directory on remote host
cd .. - moves up one level in the directory structure on the remote host
lcd directory - changes the default directory on local host

IV. Types of files

binary - type this command at the FTP prompt to set binary mode before transferring binary files
For example, use binary mode with the following types of files:
SPSS System files
SAS Transport files
Stata Datasets
Graphics files (e.g., *.gif, *.jpg, *.bmp, etc.)
Microsoft Office documents (*.doc, *.xls, etc.)
ascii - type this command at the FTP prompt to set ASCII mode before transferring text files.
Use the ASCII mode with any of the following:
Raw Data (e.g. *.dat or *.txt, codebooks, or other plain text documents)
SPSS Portable files
HTML files

V. Transferring files
get test - copies file "test" from remote to local host (from current remote directory to current local directory)
mget test.* data.dbf - copies files beginning with "test" and the file named data.dbf from remote to local host
put test - copies file "test" from local to remote host. You musth have write access to the remove host for this to work.
mput test.* data.dbf - copies files beginning with "test" and the file named data.dbf from local to remote host
quit - closes connection and terminates FTP session
If a file name contains spaces (e.g. on your Windows system) you should type the file name in quotation marks " ",
but it is strongly recommended to rename such files before FTPing them.

VI. Other Commands

get test "| more" - displays file "test"
To make sure you want a document, you can display it with the more command and see the file screen by screen (using the space bar) BEFORE you get a file. To exit out of more , type q.
prompt - turns off prompting for individual files when using the mget or mput commands.
If you have mistyped your username or password, use the user command to re-login.
For a list of all FTP commands type ? at the ftp> prompt.
For a brief explanation of a command, type help, leave a space,and type the command itself.

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Posted: Fri 14 Jan, 2005 17:44 Post subject:

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am using a free edition of cuteftp 6.0, will let you know how long it take to download it with my new wireless internet cnnection!

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Posted: Fri 14 Jan, 2005 19:17 Post subject:

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I am using a 1mb adsl connection and the server at the other end, i.e. the one serving the files resets at various points through the download and my ftp program doesn't always seem to want to start from the last point.

Am going to try the good old command line now, should realise being a UNIX engineer that GUIs are rubbish anyway !!

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Posted: Fri 14 Jan, 2005 20:00 Post subject:

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ok guys, success!

managed to download the TIS file in about an hour and a half, with the others queueing to be downloaded.

when i open the TIS folder, i get a .iso file, what programme do i use to openthis type of file?

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