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[1HotBoss70]

I have a mac with a section with a virtual box in which I have windows xp installed so I can run programs that are only windows compatible, I am having trouble downloading this one application as it is timing out and not completely downloading any suggestions..Thanks

[conrail]

Download timing out could be an issue with your internet provider, your connection thereto, or the site you're trying to download from. Can you try a different site? Are you having any troubles with other similar downloads? If not, it's most likely those particular folks. If so, wait a few hours see if it clears up - if not, and nothing has changed with your net connections on your end, give your ISP a call.

[wantonebad]

Is this a partitioned drive? Do you have enough space on the destination drive?

[316lad]

Download it though os x and then sick it in to the xp partition either by drag (pretty sure VB supports this) or by usb stick - or however...just don't let xp prefect the download, basically.

[conrail]

Originally Posted by wantonebad

Is this a partitioned drive? Do you have enough space on the destination drive?

Yea I hadn't thought about this angle, and maybe my reply above was too naive and simplistic. If your drive isn't keeping up with the rate your computer wants to put the file there (for any number of very atypical reasons), it could crash on the download side, not on the O/S side where it would typically tell you "read error" or "out of space."

[stephentross]

It is hard to trouble shoot. basically you need to isolate the issue, is it the mac or the download site. Id try what others suggest, if that did not work I would download to a windows only machine. if that works you can trouble shoot from that point.

[yannis]

Do you use Parallels?