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Gaston
2007-09-18, 09:56 AM
Hey everyone.

I'm tryin' to download the .torrent file form the 11/02/79 AC/DC show, and I got this message:
"Cannot copy file: cannot read from the source file or disk" :(

It's the first time I got this problem... Can someone help me please?

Here's the link to the torrent:

http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30092&highlight=AC%2FDC

Thanks for reading!
U2Lynne
2007-09-18, 10:28 AM
My guess is it's the file name "AC:DC1979-11-2.FLAC.torrent". You may want to try a different browser.
DaveG73
2007-09-18, 10:52 AM
Downloads fine for me in Firefox.

Dave.
lgerard
2007-09-18, 12:26 PM
it is the : in the torrent file name...this symbol is verboten in microsoft file naming protocall, as is the / in the indivual file names as well
Gaston
2007-09-18, 09:46 PM
Understood... Thanks for the replies...

Better luck next time... I'll try to make a trade for it.

Cheers. :cool:
GRC
2007-09-19, 03:50 AM
Understood... Thanks for the replies...

Better luck next time... I'll try to make a trade for it.

Cheers. :cool:

Or ask the original seeder to re-post it with a re-named torrent file....?

Regards, Graham
dementrium
2007-09-19, 08:54 AM
Gaston,

Try this. When you open the torrent file, the browser asks what to do: Save, Open, etc.

Choose Save but type in another filename (without the ":", for example: ACDC1979-11-2.FLAC.torrent

Then open the torrent file (saved in your disk) with your bt client and proceed as usual.

I do this when coming across wierd torrent filenames.
EthanGreg
2012-03-15, 01:48 PM
Hey everyone.

I'm tryin' to download the .torrent file form the 11/02/79 AC/DC show, and I got this message:
"Cannot copy file: cannot read from the source file or disk" :(

It's the first time I got this problem... Can someone help me please?

Here's the link to the torrent:

http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30092&highlight=AC%2FDC

Thanks for reading!
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