user8844: I have searched around, and nothing I find works for me.
Downloaded the approx. 10 GB Bootstrap.dat file. Now stuck on trying to link it with Bitcoin-QT.
Tried the following command in the console box in the bitcoin-qt app:
bitcon-qt -loadblock=/path/to/bootstrap.dat

Also tried copying the file into the AppData/Roaming/Bitcoin file... Still no luck.
I'm running Windows 7, anyone have step by step instructions on how to set this up?

user-1: I tried putting blockfile in .bitcoin directory and starting ./bitcoind
but doesn't works. By the way, this method works best for me.
./bitcoind -loadblock=~/.bitcoin/bootstrap.dat

You need to use loadbloack syntax with the ./bitcoind .

user8844: Okay, it appears after much trial and error, I figured out that you put the bootstrap.dat file in the AppData/Roaming/Bitcoin or ~/.bitcoin folder. You can leave everything else in that folder untouched, just add the bootstrap.dat file in the Bitcoin folder.
I left bootstrap.dat in there, and finally Bitcoin-QT found it, and on the bottom it states "Importing blocks from disk..." I'm currently at 80 weeks behind on the update, compared to 240+.
I was reading crap about using the -loadblock command and extracting/unzipping the .dat file.... well this wasn't needed.  At least it isn't needed on the current version of QT, which I believe is .8.0.5 

8844: <p>I have searched around, and nothing I find works for me.
Downloaded the approx. 10 GB Bootstrap.dat file. Now stuck on trying to link it with Bitcoin-QT.</p>

<p>Tried the following command in the console box in the bitcoin-qt app:</p>

<pre><code>bitcon-qt -loadblock=/path/to/bootstrap.dat
</code></pre>

<p>Also tried copying the file into the AppData/Roaming/Bitcoin file... Still no luck.</p>

<p>I'm running Windows 7, anyone have step by step instructions on how to set this up?</p>
 -1: <p>I tried putting blockfile in .bitcoin directory and starting ./bitcoind
but doesn't works. By the way, this method works best for me.</p>

<pre><code>./bitcoind -loadblock=~/.bitcoin/bootstrap.dat
</code></pre>

<p>You need to use loadbloack syntax with the ./bitcoind .</p>
 8844: <p>Okay, it appears after much trial and error, I figured out that you put the <code>bootstrap.dat</code> file in the <code>AppData/Roaming/Bitcoin</code> or <code>~/.bitcoin</code> folder. You can leave everything else in that folder untouched, just add the <code>bootstrap.dat</code> file in the Bitcoin folder.</p>

<p>I left <code>bootstrap.dat</code> in there, and finally Bitcoin-QT found it, and on the bottom it states "Importing blocks from disk..." I'm currently at 80 weeks behind on the update, compared to 240+.</p>

<p>I was reading crap about using the <code>-loadblock</code> command and extracting/unzipping the <code>.dat</code> file.... well this wasn't needed.  At least it isn't needed on the current version of QT, which I believe is .8.0.5 </p>
