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Re: Wallet.dat fragmented from OS resintallation on HDD
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nc50lc
on 03/03/2025, 04:50:09 UTC
⭐ Merited by ABCbits (2) ,vapourminer (2)
Before all that, before doing anything, make a byte-to-byte image backup of your hard disk or two.

What would the best tool for recovery attempt be and would R-Studio proffesional version help with this case?
That tool would certainly help but since you've mentioned that it's already formatted (hope this isn't random/zero-filled) and installed with an OS,
It's highly likely that the wallet will be corrupted upon recovery.

It's not bad to attempt it though, after you made backups.

Quote from: Hristiyan99
I have spent the last few days learning about hex searches if rhe file does not appear from ordinary scan function
Yes, that a good alternative option; basically, look for the "magic bytes" that's followed by a 64 Bytes private key.