Downloading using Torrents

  

 

Using Torrents is an easy way for downloading movies, games, softwares etc. This post will teach you how to use and download a torrent file. Although, you have to be careful because many torrents are illegal and violate copyright laws. 


1. Download a torrent client(The most commonly used are uTorrent, bitTorrent etc). 
2. Open a torrent site (or torrent search engine-www.torrentz.com).
3. Search the file you want.
4. Download the torrent for your file.
5. Open the torrent in your client software.
6. Download will start automatically.
7. The file will be downloaded to the selected location.


Things to remember when downloading and using torrents


1. While downloading a torrent look for the seeders leachers count. The seeder count should be more also it should be greater than the leachers count.


2. A practical tip is to stick with downloading torrents that have a large user base. This means download only those torrents that many people have downloaded and uploaded, or that have been active for a long time. The logic here is that nobody will seed a torrent that has a virus in it and therefore the torrent won't be very popular and won't be seeded. Be wary of the week old torrent with one or two people seeding it.


3. Seeders (Seeds) [Upload]: Are people who have a complete copy of the torrent's files and are only uploading (sending) data to the people who are downloading (receiving).


4. Leechers (Peers) [Download]: Are people who are currently downloading the file. Leechers can become seeders after downloading the full file.


5. Browsing internet along with downloading torrents may slowdown both operation. Better use one at a time. Or you can use the 'pause' button to pause the download while browsing internet.


6. Downloading torrents can slow your computer down depending on how well your computer performs. Recommended specs for each client vary, but on average you should have at least 512 MB of RAM and a 1 GHz CPU. You will also need space for the files you want to save.


7. Keep your virus protection up to date.


8. Do not download any copyrighted files.


Happy Downloading  :)
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