Finally I got it working and got my bitcoin address as well. I really am an idiot..... the reason I couldn't get pywallet to work was because I had to write D: but I wrote D:\ by mistake.
Thank you to everyone who helped me out.
Any chance you could list the steps you took to actually set up pywallet, for a novice computer user to understand?. I am in the same situation you were in, with potentially 32 BTC at stake. I will understand if you don't have the time or inclination to help. Cheers.Thank you to everyone who helped me out.
Might be a really late reply.
First of all, stop using the computer/hard disk that the wallet was on immediately. Every time you write to that disk, you lower your chances of recovery.
Using another computer, create a live DVD or live USB for Ubuntu Linux by downloading the Ubuntu install disk file and using a disk burning tool (for DVD) or Unetbootin (for flash drive). Insert that drive into the computer with the lost wallet, and boot using that live CD. Pick "try Ubuntu".
Once it's booted up, download pywallet and put it in the Downloads folder. Open a terminal, use the cd command to change directory (if it's in Downloads, cd Downloads will do the trick).
Open up the Disks tool and identify the ID and size of the partition that the wallet was on. The ID is something like /dev/sda3.
Back in the terminal, run the following command:
Code:
python pywallet--recover --recov_size 30.1Gio --recov_device /dev/sda3 --recov_outputdir ~/Desktop/recov
Replace /dev/sda3 with the ID of the partition you found in the Disks tool.
Replace 30.1Gio with the size of the partition that you also found in the Disks tool. (note that pywallet uses Gio instead of GB to mean Gigabytes).
If you need more details or live assistance, just PM me or email me at my username at gmail dot com and I'll try to help.