Free File Storage

[Neil McRae]

What are some good file storage places? I mean places where you can upload ZIP files and link to them from your website. I'm looking for about 50 or 100 MEGs. I'm looking for a place where you can link directly to the file itself, I mean if a user clicks on the file while visiting your site it will automatically confirm your download and stay on your site and not go to a page on the storage place's site. For example, you link to a file on FilePlanet from your site then someone clicks on your file to download it and it goes to a page on FilePlanet then confirms your download and not staying right on the same page you clicked on the file.

[LeX]

http://www.freewebspace.net/guide/diskstorage.shtml

[Coolin]

You could do this with Yahoo! Briefcase. But they only give you 25 megs. You might be able to sign up for more than one account if it's allowed.

[Neil McRae]

But which place is the best if I want to link directly to my files from my site? Again, I mean when someone clicks on a download from my site then the broswer's download window pops up and stays on my site/page. I don't want a place (like FilePlanet for example) that goes to a page on their site when you click on the download then starts the download window. I'm looking for a place that stays on my site while downloading. Is there a File Storage place like that with lots of space?

[Coolin]

May I answer again. Yahoo Briefcase. Okay?

[bigperm]

A lot of webproviders have more than 50 megs, why can't you have them on your site? Is this for warez?

[dony]

Originally posted by Coolin
May I answer again. Yahoo Briefcase. Okay?
ye i think coolin answered.
but if you want more than 25 megs.
try tripod.
byez.

[fatman]

Tripod intercepts links to certain types of files (such as files with the .zip extension) and presents a download page.

Or so it did the last I checked.

[Neil McRae]

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May I answer again. Yahoo Briefcase. Okay?
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I think I need more than 25 MEGs.

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A lot of webproviders have more than 50 megs, why can't you have them on your site? Is this for warez?
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A lot of web providers don't support ZIP file upload, or there are ones like FortuneCity for example that only upload certain types of ZIP files for some reason. BTW, this is not for warez.
Also, a lot of 50 MEG providers I found put ads on your pages.

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Tripod intercepts links to certain types of files (such as files with the .zip extension) and presents a download page.
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That's exactly what I mean.

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presents a download page
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Again, I'm looking for a place where the browser stays on my site and doesn't present a new page when the browser's download window pops up. Is Yahoo Briefcase like that (stays on my page when the download window pops up), again I think I want more than 25 MEGs? BTW, does Tripod support ALL types of ZIP files?

[Coolin]

Originally posted by Neil McRae
Again, I'm looking for a place where the browser stays on my site and doesn't present a new page when the browser's download window pops up. Is Yahoo Briefcase like that (stays on my page when the download window pops up), again I think I want more than 25 MEGs? BTW, does Tripod support ALL types of ZIP files? Yahoo Briefcase does that. But it only allows 25 megs. If signing up for more than one account is allowed. You could have 50, 75, or even 100 megs at your disposal!

Also there's only one type of zip file...

[Neil McRae]

You mean you can link directly to your files with Yahoo Briefcase instead of going to another page when you click on the download link from your site? If yes, what other free file storage services do this besides Yahoo Briefcase?

BTW, what do you mean there is only one type of ZIP file? I am planning to get a file storage place so I can link to ZIP files from my site. These ZIP files will contain things like my games.

[fatman]

What were the "different types" of zip files you were thinking of?

[LeX]

Originally posted by Neil McRae
You mean you can link directly to your files with Yahoo Briefcase instead of going to another page when you click on the download link from your site?[/B]
I think that's what Coolin has been trying to say all along...

A .zip file is a .zip file, dude. There's only one type (unless you count the .exe self-extracting files).

Maybe you were reffering to RAR compression files?

[Neil McRae]

But instead of creating four accounts with Yahoo Breifcase, are there any 100 MB File Storage places that let you link directly to the files?

Oh BTW, I guess I won't just be storing ZIP and EXE files at this File Storage place. I might also be storing some picture files there now so I can link to them externaly, link to them from EZboard for example.

[Edited by Neil McRae on 04-28-2001 at 02:06 PM]

[mikenelson36]

Watch out for Yahoo briefcase while you may be able to link directly to the file it limits how many people can download from it. I am often very frustrated with this feature and usually don't ever go back the the site if it uses Yahoo briefcase to store files. Also idrive pulls the same game

[Coolin]

Originally posted by LeX

Originally posted by Neil McRae
You mean you can link directly to your files with Yahoo Briefcase instead of going to another page when you click on the download link from your site?
I think that's what Coolin has been trying to say all along...[/B]
Thanks for clearing it all up! ;)

[Neil McRae]

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Watch out for Yahoo briefcase while you may be able to link directly to the file it limits how many people can download from it. I am often very frustrated with this feature and usually don't ever go back the the site if it uses Yahoo briefcase to store files. Also idrive pulls the same game
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You mean you can also link directly to files (link directly to files from your site) with idrive? BTW, what's this disadvantage about Yahoo Briefcase? What do you mean it limits how many people can download my files?

[Epgs]

like in a one day period only like 20 people can dl your files. (that is what he means i am not sure if it is true)

[Arcainic]

Is it just me or is this whole forum's confused. First of all, the best storage space is i-drive (to bad it's gone to like myspace) it allows you to freely send their files to your i-drive account and no download limits.

Yahoo briefcase has a download limit. 30mb of space now. Limit of 5mb per file, and sometimes checks what kind of stuff you put in it. Also, download limit is like myspace, unpredictable. There's some good downloader for yahoo briefcase. Like yahoo leech (don't have), yahoohack (doesn't really work), and yahoomage (also does nothing for me).

Here's the place for yahoo mage:

http://www.geocities.com/arcainicrom/yahoo06.zip (and it's my own site too.)

The best place to put your files is on websites, geocities, and other stuff that doesn't check IP addresses. Don't take anything that's like prohosting sites, they deleted all my anime!!!!!!! Fansub (in other words legal public distribution episodes) and deleted everything. So my hint is to break up files into .ace or .rar and put them up on websites.

[Neil McRae]

As of today, i-drive will no longer accept new customers and they will delete all their current accounts. MySpace has now changed into some hit counter service called HitBox. I tried Yahoo Briefcase, but when I click on a ZIP file download from my site I get a message that says "You must supply a local referer to get URL -(download URL here)- from this server" whatever that means. What does it mean, I wonder? What do I have to do? If I can't fix this, what is a free web host with lots of space that allows all types of ZIP files and allows you to link to them externally? I don't care if this host has ads. The only free web host I know that's like this is Crosswinds, but they deleted (or lost rather) all my files during one of their big upgrades. I will also link to my ZIP files from the site I store them on, but I mean a host not like FortuneCity that loads one of their images instaead of giving you your download when you link to them externaly. Is there a host like this?

[Arcainic]

I've never saw that before. Did you happen to try to link your file from yahoo briefcase directly to your URL? That changes like every 30min with a new seccion code.

[Neil McRae]

Then what is a free website provider that doesn't block external linking (like FortuneCity or sometimes Crosswinds) and gives lots of space. Like I said, I don't care if they put ads on your pages. I'm also looking for a provider that supports all types of ZIP files (not warez), not like FortuneCity which doesn't support uploading all types of ZIP files even if they're not warez or if they were under the file-size limit.

[Hoth]

http://free.prohosting.com

[Arcainic]

Anything but Prohosting.com. I got about like 2 gigs of anime fansub on my accounts and prohosting froze all of them!!!!!!! i hate that company. I wonder why some other free programs like prohosting has the same background layouts and signups sheets? Who's behind all of this?

[d99janh]

Originally posted by Arcainic
Anything but Prohosting.com. I got about like 2 gigs of anime fansub on my accounts and prohosting froze all of them!!!!!!! i hate that company. I wonder why some other free programs like prohosting has the same background layouts and signups sheets? Who's behind all of this?

Hmmm, you probably used "excessive bandwidth" with that much
downloads. No free host would allow it. (They would go bankrupt even faster if they did ;) )

[Arcainic]

You see, i didn't even put out URLs to these stuff yet. No one was using it and litterally no bandwidth was used. Later I found out what was wrong with my prohosting account. You see there's this system resource thingy with Prohosting. If they just see you are taking up like 45mb of space, they'd take your account off. I know they don't take account off because of inactivity since I had another account which I hadn't upload anything yet which is still there.

[ln]

http://livin4.com 50M allows external linking, ZIPs, has FTP, but runs on cable so might be slow

[Arcainic]

That may sound like a great choice to host your site (it is too) but there's something very suspicious. 500$ per complaint. hummm...... Wonder what that'll do. Anyways, there's a bandwidth limit for your site. like the rest. Although a no file limit and all file type supports are on the plus site. Very good ideal place to build your comprehensive homepage. For little stuff like documents and zipped games. Doubt it can handle streaming media. Does anyone know any sites that can actually handle streaming media that doesn't have a file size limit? The closest thing I've found is "http://www.fateback.com/". One downside though, 5mb file size limit, which is very resonable for some. very very reasonable. It has unlimited bandwidth and 60mb of space. Perfect for starting off your new site. Not recommeded for streaming media to be played on webpages. Once again, does anyone know the site that fit's the criteria for being able to play streaming media directly? Cutting it into 4.99mb pieces are a pain to watch. hummmmm........... That's what I need, more beta testings............................

[Opie]

do u want sumthing like nbci where u just place tha d/l link on ur site and tha d/l window comes up right? well i use them and there max upload limit is 11 mbs and they allow a bunch of file types even .tty/exe/etc.but they seem to be having sum probs with tha ftp because of sum changes but its working for me now but sumtimes it dont so i guess try them if thats wut ur talking about and i uploaded prob over 30 mbs of shiz and its "unlimited" but nbci is rich so it should stay that way but i dunno so try that if ya wont and when tha ftp works its kinda fast not SUPER FAST or nuthing ight peace......

OpiE

[SoulReaver]

So what free online storage site do you guys use and recommend? I want to share my anime clips thur my website but I need a good and reliable host something samiliar to myspace.com before they hit rock bottom.

[Neil McRae]

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Originalyy posted by OpiE
do u want sumthing like nbci where u just place tha d/l link on ur site and tha d/l window comes up right? well i use them and there max upload limit is 11 mbs and they allow a bunch of file types even .tty/exe/etc.but they seem to be having sum probs with tha ftp because of sum changes but its working for me now but sumtimes it dont so i guess try them if thats wut ur talking about and i uploaded prob over 30 mbs of shiz and its "unlimited" but nbci is rich so it should stay that way but i dunno so try that if ya wont and when tha ftp works its kinda fast not SUPER FAST or nuthing ight peace......
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I think NBCi no longer allows free hosting. I think anytime now they will stop all their web hosting.

[Arcainic]

It's bull. Has lots of download limits and since lots of people are using them now, really slow and unreliable. "www.Livin4.com" seems to me like a really good solution. The only thing you need to know about that is that you should get a ip cloaker, or a program that fakes your ip address. Trying to find one right now, if anyone has any of these programs, please tell me.

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[SoulReaver]

Thx for the info. I would also like 1 one those ip cloaker programs as well.

[Neil McRae]

I've looked around, it seems that all hosts no longer allow external linking or hotlinking. If I move my site to a provider with no ads, it looks like I'll have to create a download page on the provider I store my ZIP files on. What is a free provider that gives you lots of space, has a big file size limit on ZIP files, and allows ALL types of ZIP files except warez? Please, not Prohosting, Livin4, NBCi, FortuneCity, or Crosswinds.

[Opie]

ight now nbci is just retarded now im gonna use fateback.com..they give u 60mbs and u can sign up as many times as u wont and allow remote linking(cuz i do it) and im not really sure if they allow exe but tha zip is 5mb limit (as sumone said in another post) so check them out and ima try an see if they allow exe...ill just upload a small one to see..so i say try them and there ftp is pretty fast as far as i can tell laterz.......

O how much space do u really need cuz i think all tha free host dont give much neone well cuz they go broke i guess

OpiE

[SoulReaver]

Does fateback.com allow hotlinking? Is it possible can you post a link to a file or something to see if it works?

Later,

[Neil McRae]

I think FateBack is the place I'll go with. They support hotlinking and they support uploading EXEs. BTW, there seems to be no ads on my HTML files I upload to FateBack. I read on FateBack's site, I thought they put ads on your site?

[Bruce]

Apparently Fateback will have ads in the future but, they haven't implemented them onto pages yet.

[Neil McRae]

Ope, so I better not put my entire site on FateBack if it will eventually have ads. This way I hopefully won't have to move AGAIN in the future. I'll just put my downloads (ZIPs) and maybe my picture files on FateBack with a download page linking to them on FateBack and I'll find a free provider with no ads to upload my HTML files.

[Opie]

well looks like fateback is out for remote linking...they already deleted me.hahahaha and on there rules it says u cant so fudge them..well off to findin another one sorry i firgured it was a good one but i guess u could link tha whole page or sumthing i might do that but i dont wont ne banners but i can....n/m....so i say just make ur pages then make a crap site then just take tha link and put it on tha site wit ur good host or sumthing well i guess ima go make a site really quick .....ight peace

OpiE

[Arcainic]

Well, fateback is a unlimited bandwidth server unfortunately with a 5mb file size limit. So that's settled. But we need more protection, has anyone found any ip cloaking software, firewall yet? A free brower ip annomolizer in "www.idzap.com" is good but we need something that will secure our uploads too. If anyone finds any firewall, like Freedom Internet Privacy Suit (which actually stops people from looking at your ip address, I'm too cheap to get it. weep.... I'm so under privileged, barely get any allowance). Yeah, if you really tick those free internet hosting service providers off, it'd be at least like a few grands for fauldulent info and profit loss from drains of system resource. Don't like the terms on the front pages of free hosting sites look so good? Then you look a little closer you see, some messed up sh$%t like 500mb bandwidth limits and 1mb file size limits. That's the stuff that gets me all upset. I'm really wondering about fateback though, that unlimited bandwidth's got to have a catch. So I need a internet cloaking device like Freedom Internet Privacy Suit at www.netzero.com. But too cheap to get it. Can't find any programs like that either, sigh... Please contact me if you find anything. Address is at: arcainic@hotmail.com

[Arcainic]

Sometimes it's a good thing that'll protect your files. Make a link to a HTML page that is in your fateback account that will automatically after certain seconds link to a .zip file.

[Opie]

ummm thaz wut i just said above hahaha

[SoulReaver]

Damn then what fwp will allow remote linking? We can blame all those damn warez sites for this problem.

[Opie]

free sux!!!!!!!!! i would pay but i have this prob wit bein cheap ..am i normal?..yea i guess it is warez but warez r wayyy over 5 mbs so they should allow it cuz warez people dont wanta break down crap into 10 zips.. but i guess ima link tha pages laterz

[Neil McRae]

My FateBack account isn't deleted YET.

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i guess u could link tha whole page or sumthing i might do that but i dont wont ne banners but i can....n/m....so i say just make ur pages then make a crap site then just take tha link and put it on tha site wit ur good host
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Make a link to a HTML page that is in your fateback account that will automatically after certain seconds link to a .zip file.
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That's exactly what I did. That's exactly what I'm doing.

[SoulReaver]

Hey Neil,

Can you share the script that allows you to link a zip file on html page in seconds.

[Chicken]

Originally posted by SoulReaver
Damn then what fwp will allow remote linking? We can blame all those damn warez sites for this problem.

Really it has nothing to do with warez sites, though they most likely account for most of the abuse of this. Even all you guys doing it adds up to some hefty theft. If you don't understand the problem, then think of it this way...

You decide to get DSL or cable internet service (because it is faster then dialup), for $49.95/mo. 3 friends of yours who live with youu in your 4 bed room house that you share, ask to hook in with your DSL (this is possible with a router, all can share the connection). You, being the nice chap you are, agree and don't ask for money. Your 3 friends discover Napster and start downloading all the MP3's ever made on the net.

Guess what happens to your super fast DSL connection?

Basically, on a grand scale and *not* for $49.95/mo, this is what you are doing, and why FWPs do not allow this.

[Neil McRae]

Well, if there's no free service that allows hotlinking (link directly to the files) I guess I may have to go with paid hosting where I can host all my uploads on one server.

[meow]

I still don't get why this is such a big problem. Have your HTML on f2s or whatever and a download page at fateback. What makes it so importat that the URL in the address field doesn't change?www.niel.freehost1.com or www.niel.freehost2.com - big deal.:confused:

[meow]

Originally posted by SoulReaver
Hey Neil,
Can you share the script that allows you to link a zip file on html page in seconds.

I'm not Niel but I simple refresh would prolly work.

<META Http-equiv="refresh" Content="1; Url=http://www.----tyhost.com/downloads/myprog.zip">

Content= here you put the number of seconds you want before the redirect takes place

[Neil McRae]

Or what about this host?
http://www.4nx2.com/
I think you can upload ZIP files to their server? Are there any disadvantages? It's only 20 MB, but maybe I'm allowed to create more than one account with them?

[Bonesgeo]

I don,t know much about this stuf, but if you can,t find one place that does this, could't you have the links open in a differn't windows, on another site that you have on another free host for the download. Multible if need be ( one site per download).Then when the download completes and they close the window, your site is still be in the background,open. :confused:


Probly not what your looking for, like I said. I don't know much about any of this. I'm reading alot of these post trying to learn a trick or 2. :cool: :confused:

[kisumisu]

Hi There!
Try: http://www.mystigall.com/
They give 50 Mb and direct download :)

[Neil McRae]

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Hi There! Try: http://www.mystigall.com/
They give 50 Mb and direct download
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The link doesn't work.

[imyme]

Hello!

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members can also buy more storage using the money.Of course, Member
can use Zden also for the purpose of only storage.

Since my original illustration is sold to zden.com at the name of imyme, please buy them :)

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http://www.zden.com/

[nfsmerc]

Originally posted by Arcainic
So my hint is to break up files into .ace or .rar and put them up on websites.

I'd rather use the new WinZip 8.1 Beta and split my files into .zip, .z01, .z02, .z03........ all the way. Extracting spilt/spanned zip files is much faster and easier than that of split/spanned rar files....

[meow]

This thread is hexed. It has been going on since April. :rolleyes: