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Re: How To Recover Bitcoin From Old Wallets
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HI-TEC99
on 02/06/2017, 00:39:45 UTC
You could export the private keys from your wallet.dat files, install the electrum wallet and import them into it.

https://electrum.org/#download

Electrum syncs almost immediately, so you get control of your coins back immediately.

Open the bin folder inside the Bitcoin folder that's in your program files folder.

Put your Bitcoin wallet.dat files in it one at a time, start Bitcoin core, then use these instructions explaining how to use Bitcoin core to export the private keys..

Click file, then receiving addresses. Find the address you sent coins to in the window that opens, right click it, and select copy address. Close the addresses window.

Click help, then debug window.

In the debug window that opens click console.

In the text box at the bottom of the window type

dumpprivkey yourAddress

where yourAddress is the address you sent coins to and copied earlier.

Press your enter key.

The private key for that address should appear in the console window. Copy it.

This is an example private key.

L48toSntMVhC2az4KAQCWscrQGfPbT55yCgzM5cmx9Ao69pTdwrq

Download and install electrum.

https://electrum.org/#download

Import your private key into it using these instructions.

http://docs.electrum.org/en/latest/faq.html#can-i-import-private-keys-from-other-bitcoin-clients

Afterwards your coins should be spendable.