Quote from: BitCoinSeo on Today at 04:04:28 PM

Once I've got the wallet.dat file, is there a way to check the balance on it ?

If your Internet is pretty slow. You cna instead export your private keys and import them into Software like electrum > downloadable from electrum.org which will see a much faster syncing process. (if searching Google for software downloads, be sure to check you don't click an ad).

Alternatively, if the wallet.dat is located among blocks and chainstate folder an initial sync may not be required and you might see your funds fairly quickly after the startup window vanishes.

Once core is installed, I fyou moved the wallet.dat file, copy it into either ~/.Bitcoin (Linux) or %appdata%/roaming/bitcoin (Windows) before starting the program.

Backup your wallet.dat on an external drive too!