alright. so i found the wallets folder that has folders for both wallets i created. i can open each folder and now locate each "wallet.dat" file for each individual wallet. couple more questions
1) is there any reason i shouldn't just copy the entire "wallets" folder and save it to a few flash drives and burn it to a dvd, instead of ONLY the "wallet.dat" files themselves?
You can do that but only if Bitcoin Core isn't running or your backup could be corrupted (
in some instances).
2) for each "wallet.dat" file, i can change the name in front of ".dat" and it won't affect the file, but i would need to change it back to "wallet.dat" when try to restore, correct?
If you did the above, and each wallets are inside a folder with a "
wallet name", then you don't have to rename them in the first place, the wallet name is that folder's name.
Otherwise, you can rename the wallet.dat files and put them inside "
wallets" folder (
but outside of any folders inside)
and it will be available for selection in the "
Open Wallet" menu even if they have a different name (
your "wallet_name.dat" backups from "File->Backup Wallet" for example).