So I've got my .torrent file, I've pointed CTorrent at it, it has confirmed the contents and has put some kind of "virtual" files in the dir I chose. So far so good.
That's right. The first thing it does is allocating the required disk space. The file names and sizes are correct, but the content is just zero. It hasn't downloaded anything yet.
Now it says it is downloading the files, only there is NO hard disk activity. Surely there should be some? I'm not waiting hours for it to do it's thing only to find it hasn't done it's thing! Where is the data going? Not into those "virtual" files, that's sure.
It depends on how many sharing the file you're attempting to download. If there are none, then - naturally - there will be no disk activity. I've had certain torrents working for weeks until finishing, while others like *ahem* the latest episode of a popular TV show with a plane crash on an island and some hot chick called Kate, can be downloaded in less than an hour.
Also, it says it's uploading as well. What exactly? What data of mine is some bloke getting?
If it's uploading, it's almost certainly downloading something. The thing about torrents is, as Piru tries to explain, that you're downloading from a lot of people,
and you're sharing what you've downloaded with the others.
Leave it on for a couple of hours (or overnight) and you'll see some progress. Or, just for testing, try another torrent that's certainly popular (like that TV show I mentioned)
