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Step 1
Pick a BitTorrent client. The client is the program that reads the torrent file and downloads what you want. Many people prefer Azureus/Vuze for its features, customization and compatibility.
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Step 2
Find a BitTorrent indexing site. There are many sites out there and they're all a little different. Some sites have specialties, only indexing certain types of files, while others are quite general. Lastly, some index sites are "super indexers," which grab torrents from other indexers. These sites often have the most torrents but often have many that are out of date.
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Step 3
Set up your BitTorrent client. You need to set your upload and download speeds, maximum number of downloads and where you want your files kept both while downloading and after they are finished. There are a lot of options on most clients, but these are the most important ones.
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Step 4
Download your first torrent. Most clients will associate the torrent files to them when installing so your browser will automatically allow you to open them. If torrents aren't associated with your client, you need to open them manually. While every client is different, most have a file menu with an "open torrent" option under it.
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Step 5
Open up your torrent details (through the client) to make sure the files within it are what you expect and everything seems to be the right file type and size.
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Step 6
Look at the number of seeders and peers/leachers. Seeders are people that have a complete file and are letting people continue to download from them. Peers/leachers are people that are downloading the file but do not have it complete. If there aren't any seeds available, you won't be able to complete the file, and if there aren't many of either, you won't have a good download speed.
