How to install a Bootstrap.dat file

After downloading and uncompressing the rar file  ,

Start up your new Wallet software,
after it opens, then Close it, (In windows , this allows the new wallet to create the folder under C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\WalletNameHere )

Copy the bootstrap.dat file in the folder c:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\WalletNameHere (for Windows) or in the WalletNameHere data folder for other OSes. Now Start the New Wallet to import the BootStrap.dat , (Depending on your PC and the size of the bootstrap , this can take many hours) (You can watch the progress of the import by opening the folder c:\Users\"username"\AppData\Roaming\WalletNameHere and watch the blk0001.dat file size to see how close it is to the bootstrap.dat to get a feel for how much longer it might be)  once finished it will then begin synchronization to retrieve any blocks found after the Bootstrap was created. (Tech Note, the wallet does not completely Open until it finishes the Import.)

 

Bootstraps can be downloaded from the Blockchain Folder at
https://mega.nz/#F!CJRnyDDL!vbYN-3mvj9RBE7Phl27Sjg