Existing users, 
Bandwidth solution for boot CD download -
- There are many software projects which offer free downloads of CD images; most Linux distros, for instance, are available as free downloads and often span several CDs. The Linux distro I run (CentOS) I downloaded as a DVD image - all for free (See http://www.linuxiso.org/ for examples, and www.centos.org) So even free software projects seem to be able to afford bandwidth for thousands of CD-image downloads.
- A perfect solution to your bandwidth cost problem might be BitTorrent. If you're not familiar with it, it's a P2P technology that lets people download large files by grabbing little bits of it from many people, rather than all of it from you. All downloaders must also share in uploading, so it's cooperative. More information here: http://www.bittorrent.com/introduction.html
Wednesday, February 01 2006 @ 09:37 PM PST
Still working out the best options for all - Prosoft
Hi there--I definitely want to thank you for posting some of those options. We are indeed looking into the feasibility for that and are interested in providing a low or no cost way for our customers to get the downloaded CD Image..
Thursday, February 02 2006 @ 10:32 AM PST
Still working out the best options for all - afterhours
I'd like to chime in that I appreciate both your product, and that your bandwidth is not free. The days of 'free' bandwidth will come to a close some day. ISPs pay for their bandwidth in some capacity, and those that offer unlimited or unmetered service will someday have to slap their customers with an ugly surprise. BitTorrent is one option, 'though I'm not keen on downloading from an unknown source anything I need to do my job. That's simply asking for trouble.I'd rather you simply post detailed instructions on how we can use your existing product CD and the updates to burn our own bootable updated disc. This is how diskwarrior functions, and it makes a lot of sense. You can provide top-notch small download bug fixes, no one wastes bandwidth, and the paying customer can keep his stuff updated properly.
Monday, March 20 2006 @ 11:25 AM PST
Still working out the best options for all - afterhours
I'd like to chime in that I appreciate both your product, and that your bandwidth is not free. The days of 'free' bandwidth will come to a close some day. ISPs pay for their bandwidth in some capacity, and those that offer unlimited or unmetered service will someday have to slap their customers with an ugly surprise. BitTorrent is one option, 'though I'm not keen on downloading from an unknown source anything I need to do my job. That's simply asking for trouble.I'd rather you simply post detailed instructions on how we can use your existing product CD and the updates to burn our own bootable updated disc. This is how diskwarrior functions, and it makes a lot of sense. You can provide top-notch small download bug fixes, no one wastes bandwidth, and the paying customer can keep his stuff updated properly.
Monday, March 20 2006 @ 11:30 AM PST
Still working out the best options for all - Vanderdecker
Rather than downloading a full CD, why not create an updater that will utilize an existing Drive Genius CD to burn an updated one? That's what Alsoft does with Diskwarrior. So long as your DW CD can boot on your system (otherwise, you'll need to order a full updated CD), then you just download a <3MB file which creates a new CD using the original DW disk for the boot components.Monday, May 15 2006 @ 12:59 PM PDT
Still working out the best options for all - JamesRS
I understand your download problem, and think you are perfectly entitled to make a charge for a sizeable download, but you are overstating it a tad. If the dmg file is compressed, it should be quite a lot smaller than 750 Mb.Reply to This
Monday, January 30 2006 @ 03:57 AM PST