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Originally Posted by kon
stupid question, how do I start seeding without first downloading all over again? I already have the files!
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It depends on the client. But they are all the same in essence. Start the client then tell it to "download" to the directory where the files are. If your files are EXACTLY like the ones in the torrent, it should start seeding them. IOW, if all the pieces (the BitTorrent kind) line up, the BitTorrent client will know it doesn't have to re-download them. You should also set the client to seed forever -- some are set to only seed for a percentage of content downloaded.
Thanks for helping out. We're about 48 hours into this and so far, I haven't seen any other seeders. It may be early, but it looks like people are just downloading then stopping. This isn't "the BitTorrent way." This is a community: if you download the files, you should give back some bandwidth in the form of seeding.