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Step 2:
Start MakeTorrent, it should have placed a shortcut to it in the Programs section of your start menu.
a) I like to use "Classic" mode, so switch to that
b) Click on the "(dir)" button, then browse to the directory which you are wanting to distribute. If you want to torrent a single file then click the (file) button instead and select that file. When you have browsed to the directory or file you want to torrent, press the ok button and it will fill in the path in the "Filename or Pathname" box in MakeTorrent.

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Step 3:
a) Double check the directory displayed in the box is the right one.
b) Now you need to find the announce URL for the tracker which you are using, this usually ends in "/annouce" or "/annouce.php" A good place to look for this is the Upload page of the tracker's website. On the tracker I am using in this example, the announce URL is displayed at the top of the Upload page, and is:
http://www.jmstacey.net/tracker/announce.php
c) When you find this URL, copy it to the clipboard and paste it in the box marked "Tracker:" in MakeTorrent
You can leave the other settings as they are until you learn more about bittorrent and want to do more with it.

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Step 4:
a) Make sure that the files in the folder are not being used (eg you're not playing one of the mp3s in winamp), it doesn't like that.
b) Click the "Create .torrent" button at the bottom right of the MakeTorrent window.
c) It will then prompt you for a directory to save the .torrent file in, choose somewhere you'll remember and press "Save."
d) It opens a popup with two progress bars, the top one is the progress of the file it is currently working on, the one below it is the overall progress. When the overall progress bar reaches the end, it will allow you to click "Finish" so do so.
e) You have now made your .torrent file! Close MakeTorrent.

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Step 5:
a) Now you have made the .torrent file, but it's no use just being on your computer, you need to upload it to the tracker you're using. To do this, go to the Upload page on the tracker's website.
b) There should be a box for the torrent file you are uploading, click on the browse button next to the box and browse to the .torrent file you have created, select it and click "Open" in the popup box. It should then put the path to that file in the text box.
c) Fill in any other fields the tracker asks for on the upload form, for example the tracker I am using asks for name, description and type. I filled each in with fairly informative information about the album I am torrenting and chose the correct type (music).
d) Click on the submit button to upload the file to the tracker. In this example the button is labeled "Do It!"

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Step 6:
a) Now that you've uploaded your .torrent file to the tracker (errors will hopefully be self explanatory and rare) you have to start seeding it. Open your bittorrent client - this example uses BitTornado, you can open this by finding the folder it created in the start menu on installing it. BitTornado opens a box asking you to select a .torrent file, if your client doesn't do this you can either browse to the file in Windows Explorer, then right click on it and choose "Open With" -> (choose your torrent program) or look for a button on your client to add the torrent.
If the dialogue box was displayed browse to your torrent and press "Open"
b) Now BitTornado asks where you want to save the files to. As we already have the files we must browse to that folder - make sure that you select the same folder as you used to make the torrent! When you've selected that folder in the browser, click "Ok."
BitTornado then inspects all the files in the torrent, decides that you have the full versions of all of them and displays a download window, but showing the download as complete. There's a button showing "finish" but don't click this until you're sure that other people have the whole file and are seeding it.

Step 7:
You're now seeding your torrent file. An optional mode on BitTornado and some other clients is the "SUPER-SEED" mode. This can help to distribute files more evenly amongst the people downloading from you, which can help to distribute the file quicker. You should only use this if you are the only seeder, you can switch this on by selecting "SUPER-SEED" from the "Settings for" list box near the bottom left of the download window.

Thanks for following this guide through.

Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and no files were actually distributed to other people creating it. Sharing files that you don't own the rights to is illegal.