I looked at the 2019 thread I started, and that is where I got the "guide" from .. and as I started reading through it, It mentioned that I need somewhat to move the coins to , IE like a new current address - and that is probably true. that is why I was asking , I made it that far, and realized, that even if I have access to the old address/data or what ever I need, I am really not prepared on what to do at that point.
My advice, especially since you've been at this for 8 years: recover your wallet.dat and/or private keys first. Once you have them secure (offline, airgapped, curtains closed, the usual), create enough backups to make sure you won't lose them again.Then, see from there how to continue. If you can recover your wallet, there's no rush to buy for instance a hardware wallet. If you can't recover your wallet, there's no use in arranging a new wallet already.
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I so far have found a few wallet.dat files on the old ( air gapped ) computer. There is a BTC program on it, seems to "run" , but when I go to open it, it appears to open "off the screen" and even trying to "cascade windows" doesn't seem to bring it back. might try hooking up second monitor.
Programs being "off the screen" sounds like a problem with your computer, not just the wallet. Copy the wallet to USB, and continue on a new (clean) computer.Quote
I don't even know what that data is .
How did you get into Bitcoin in 2013? It looks like you turned $250 into $100,000. If you can recover your coins, that means your failures to recover your coins in 2013 and 2019 have paid off big time 