What happens when you add the torrent to Vuze? Does it show the percentage done and if not, have you tried force checking the torrent?

If it says 0% done, are you sure you are pointing it to Limewire's primary torrent folder, where the already downloaded data for the torrent is located?

BTW if Vuze says "Error: Path\XXXXX.XXX file is corrupt" X being some file in whatever torrent you are downloading, just delete that particular file and try force checking again.

If none of the above, what does the error say? (without specific file names)

Sorry for the delay in replying - I've been out of the country.

I can't remember what the Vuze error message was, and I'd rather not find out just yet - LW does seem to be a little flaky and in the last day or so I've crashed it by running Dosbox (maybe to be expected) and then VLC Media Player (maybe not to be expected). I don't want to load any software that I don't have to right now. What I can remember is that it refused to load the torrent.

What I did was to search for the torrent on other sites. The size may give a hint as to what it was. I found another that seems to have no seeds for the first day, and then a third that is working. So far I'm about 30% through and due to finish in about 14 days.

Moving on, what is the reason for avoiding large downloads? Is it solely the risk of data loss?

M