Quote from: kano on March 22, 2018, 01:50:30 AM

Quote from: shadowelite on March 22, 2018, 01:39:38 AM

Quote from: sruyle on March 22, 2018, 01:16:04 AM

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I was learning linux on slackware back then. Built and installed bitcoin. Found a block on my cpu after a few days. Thought well, that was cute, and promptly erased it (and the wallet) and installed something else. It wasnt until it hit 9K that i realized what I had done and wished that I still had it.

can you not use software to get the files back? Unless u zeroed the hdd it might be possible
I have used software to get important files off failed hdds

A few things

- That's a long time ago - just still having the HDD is the real question.
- If it's been in use for a while, or all this time, it's unlikely to not have been written over by windows.

- However, you just need to find the private key, not the whole wallet contents.

It is all long long gone. This was in 2009, And on the small hard drive I had, I think it was a 2 gig. I wrote over stuff so often building this and that. I am sure it was long gone before the physical drive was. To the lost coin, oh well, it was part of the tuition I paid for learning linux/unix scripting and C.