Tuesday 24 April 2012

How to download a torrent

Introduction


As we all know lots and lot sof torrents are being uploaded each and every day and many of us dont know how to download or to use a torrent file properly. So, today I will teach you how to download a torrent

Requirments


  1. A working internet connection.

Procedure


Download utorrent from http://www.utorrent.com/utorrent-plus/index/frmnvh (the free version will do)

Install and run utorent like you would with any winodws software

Now when utorrent is running you will get a window like this

Close the utorrnt window and open internet explorer and navigate to your favourite P2P website.

In the  search bar present, key in the name of the torrent you want to download
Now in the above window, we need to look at a few things, Firstly look at the size of the torrent if the torrent size is perfect for and is within your download limit then proceed to the next step.

Now, look at the seeders (SE) if the seeders are large in number (above 500) then your donwlaod will extremely fast. But if you the seeders are really low (<20) then you torrent download will be crawling or sometimes it may not even start to donwload. If you have found the right toorent with the right number of seeders then proceed to the next step.

Now click on the name of the torrent you selected.

When the page opens read the description and see if it matches your requirments, if it does go the next step, if it dosent you will need to select a new torrent

Now read the comments. If more number of people have written down about the torrent than the people who have written good about it then selelect a new torrent.

Now click on "Download this torrent" button

In the dialog box that appears, click run.

Wait you havent yet completed the download procedure

Now, utorrent will open and you will get a window as below

And now all you have to do is to sit tight and wait till the torrent finishes downloading

Once finished, Enjoy!!!

Note


  1. The completed torrent will either be in your downloades or in my documents.
  2. You may shutdown your computer at any point of time, and the download will resume from the point where it left off once you reboot.
  3. Please dont mess around with the utorrent setting as if you key in wrong values, then utorrent might start malfunctioning
  4. Download torrents only from tusted sources

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