right i will run you through it.

Torrents are non windows associated files, i.e you need a 3rd party client for your PC to recognise them and do what there supposed to do.

Clients to use are (ABC, Torrent Storm, Bit Tornado)

These clients basically recognise these files when clicked on and will run through the process of saving them.

The torrent file itself contains information about the file you wish to download, its not the file itself, hence its not illegal to host torrent files.

The file isnt one large file on 1 persons PC like other P2P programs, i.e Kazza, MinMX etc etc.

Its 1 file split into hundreds and hunders of segments (depending on the size of the file)

This means that the client can download several segments from several different PC's at once, providing there is more than 1 PC with the segment or file needed

PC's sharing the file are called SEEDS, so if you have 1 seed the chances of you getting that file in 1 hit and quickly are highly unlikely. So the higher the seed number then generally the higher the download speed.

Seeds are only counted for people online at that current time sharing that current file.

Right back to what happens.

Basically the client takes all the segments and peices them all together to make one file and bobs your uncle.

Any more questions?