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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
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Re: Recovering deleted wallet/files from HDD
by
Ultegra134
on 27/10/2021, 22:08:58 UTC
⭐ Merited by fillippone (3)
I'll try not to be paranoid about it.
For what it's worth: I do try to be paranoid about my Bitcoin security. As they say: "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you."
I can definitely see why. On top of that, I wasn't exactly sure on where I had backed up my Metamask wallet, and until I found my seed phrase, I almost collapsed to the thought of losing my funds. Since it's based on Chrome, I'll have to physically boot the HDD in order to run Chrome and export the private keys/seed phrase. All thoughts crossed to my mind, from a corrupted HDD, to a stuck BIOS etc., it haunted me.

So you have a backup seed phrase or not? If you do, I recommend restoring your wallet on a new device and moving your coins as soon as possible to a new wallet. Unless your wallet is password protected, your funds are not safe even from your technician (I'm not saying to doubt a man, I'm just saying he's not responsible for your data).

I do, I've successfully recovered both wallets (Electrum and Metamask) and they are up and running on another computer. Even if data loss is presented, both wallets are fine, however, my only concern would be the technician to snoop through my files, which may sound too paranoid (or not, you never know).