How To Use Torrents

I have been getting asked a lot about how to download things with torrents.

First of all you need to understand what a torrent is. A torrent file tells a torrent client how to set up the files on your system and where to connect to a Tracker. A tracker then send you the information on the clients that have the files that you are trying to download and gives you their IP addresses, the client program then tries to connect with the other people to obtain the file.

Once you have done this then the file will start downloading, the speed of the download will depend on your settings on the torrent client, and the availability of the file.

There are many torrent clients that you can choose from. I personally use one called UTorrent. UTorrent's web site is located at: http://www.utorrent.com/. Once you download the client you will then need to get a torrent file for the item you wish to download. There are many torrent websites around the Internet. Some of them better then others.

The one site that I use a lot is called Torrent Spy. (http://www.torrentspy.com/) You then can browse the website and find the torrent file that you wish to download. Keep in mind that there are two things that they tell you in the information bars. The number of Seeders, and then number of Peers.

Seeders are people that have finished the full torrent and have all of the information available for download. Peers have only parts of the file. You want to find a torrent that has a lot of seeders and peers, other wise it will take you a long time or you might not get it at all.

Once you select the file that you want you open the torrent file with the torrent client that you have chosen. There will more then likely be a few windows that open asking you where you would like to save the files to, you save them to a location that you want them and then wait for it to start downloading.

Please note that wile you are downloading the files will appear on your system, however they are not the full files until they are done, they are incomplete and parts are missing so they will not work.

I have given you a starting block, you will need to learn the rest for yourself.