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Re: Suspected damaged wallet.dat
by
BitMaxz
on 18/04/2025, 13:31:07 UTC
The original drive was a corrupted SSD which is in a data recovery process,
and it probably won't work because it has been 6 years, I was told there were many electron dislocation on the nands.

If it can still be recognized in your PC or laptop, you can still be able to recover files from a corrupted SSD even if it was 6 years ago. I don't know what you mean by Electron dislocation it must be a cold solder joints?

If I'm right, then try to disassemble the SSD card and clean the whole board with isopropyl alcohol or lighter fluid (it also work) once you've done that, check the terminals for rust. You can use an eraser from a pencil to clean the terminals.

Test it out if it's detected, I suggest make a clone of that drive so you need extra working drive to make clone then the clone one use that to recover wallet.dat data.

If it still not recognize by your PC try heating the NAND ICs Since you are not a technician, try using a hair blower; sometimes it works on cold solder joints. then test it again.

If nothing else works or any suggestion here I suggest hire a professional recovery service. This isn't cheap, but if you're sure that you have a big amount in that wallet, why not hire a professional?