Tip to ensure you have no problems with Torrent downloads: - Keep a bootable live Linux DVD or USB thumb drive handy (I prefer Linux Mint, as it's very similar to Windows and very easy to learn/use...just Google it) - Boot into your live Linux OS - Run the included Torrent client (for Linux Mint, it's called "Transmission"...typically just search for "torrent" in the system menu and it will pull up automatically) - Download the file you need to the desktop, unzip it and inspect the contents - Copy the file(s) to your Windows partition (this will be labelled as "OSDisk" or something similar in the file explorer) - Reboot into Windows....Windows was never harmed in this process and you had the opportunity to inspect the Torrent file(s) before moving them to the Windows partition Note: This isn't 100% foolproof unless you are able to inspect the files themselves at the bit-wise level AND know what you're looking for. However, that isn't at all an issue with Torrents, but with files in general. Even a seemingly benign .jpg image file downloaded from any website can contain harmful code, so that risk was always there whether you were aware of it or not. Using Linux in "live" mode will, however, prevent auto-execution of harmful code and also protect the Windows partition from bad stuff should it occur. If you think something went wrong when you downloaded/opened the file(s), simply reboot and all is well again.