if you followed the post, youll notice i told people i had to sell my computer, i only found this response because of my email. but thanks for taking the time to not only fail to read my posts, but accuse me of being unfair. your greed is really shining through.

the very reason i even bothered looking through hdds is because im currently out of work and was desperate, but im not selfish.

sorry havent been able to get online, on an old tablet. had to sell my pc. i havent no. probably a lost cause. 

hi i appreciate the response. not sure how you could, but id be forever thankful. im very serious about a percentage going to who can. ive had people pm me already, they just wanted me to send them the information. of course i wouldn't do that. im desperate sure but not naive. if you have any ideas itd be helpful to post here i think, that way maybe someone can give input on ideas. ideas are always better when shared anyway i think. thank you once again.

im selling my system in a week i think, but will keep hdds. got to eat after all.

the only files i was able to find so far are text files, but the text is gibberish. "8–’XJQ*æhµ»Ç7U(Y^;I±T¡Û" . but the title of the files seems very familiar. one of the file names is "PPhrase".


im probably giving up soon , unfortunately i need the money so im selling my pc. appreciate all the help.

I appreciate the response. I will try what you suggested. What I am offering is 1/4 of the total amount. I am certain there is quite a bit, becaue I bought a bunch of coin way back when BTC first came out. Will keep you al posted, thanks again.

Edit: I did make a copy as well, thats the first thing I did before attempting any recovery.

I'm not very well versed on all the different types, I'll admit. What I used was Recuva.


Edit: I'm sure you've all heard this before, but if I managed to work this out with help, I would absolutely compensate whoever. Hard times are upon me, which is what lead me to even bother.

I've been on the net since dial-up, that could never happen. Appreciate the concern.


Update:

I am unable to access the file which I apparently saved as a .txt , which I am certain was a text file that I left the passphrase on. I also may have left a private comment on my FB page, to myself, with said passphrase. That is in the early days of BTC tho I believe, back when a lot of people did not believe it would go anywhere. I'm going to check all posts I made from specific years, to make certain. I also seem to recall trashing an HDD due to some , uh, questionable stuff I may/may not have been up to back then. Pretty sure I had a couple wallets on there. facepalming hard here.

OK , that is done. It has been syncing for about 2 mins or so. Unsure if thats a good sign or not. Ill go make some coffee and relax with some YouTube for a bit. Not expecting this to work/anything to be there.  It would be a very welcomed surprise tho. If there was anything there, I'll make sure to , well, "pay it forward" to someone in need. I appreciate your help and will update.

Edit: Also, I suppose it does not matter if there is BTC in there, considering I do not have the passphrase. Man that would be a kick in the face if I found coin in the wallet.

Appreciate the help. I have tried this, it gives me no option to open an existing wallet until I enter the word. I'm guessing thats a passphrase? That is something I do not have, because I cannot read a file, which I apparently saved as text file. My guess is that is corrupt. I am hoping it is a wallet. If so, then perhaps the text file I have contains the information needed to open it. I absolutely did get BTC around that time, and did not use it. I picked up the coin in order to save it.

Back in 2014 I picked up some BTC. At the time, I was going through a ton of personal issues, forgot al about it. Recently I found a few old HDDs, after connecting them to my PC, I found them to be empty. I was curious, so I ran recovery on one of them and found several files. Two of which are below see image.

I also have a text file. When opened, I see for example:  "8–’XJQ*æhµ»Ç7U(Y^;I±T¡Ûi¯Áø¶¥ð39Šå*ùb×õÑ:Ýæà86žë`" , which tells me its either corrupted or ... something with encoding? I'll be honesty, this actually baffles me, as I have no experience with it. What caught my eye is, I recall saving this exact file, it is my passphrase for a wallet which I got back in... 2009? When ever BTC first became a thing. The only reason I am bothering, other than curiosity, is because I have recently run into some pretty bad times, financially. I'm not one to believe in miracles etc, but this being a coincidence does not fit. I do recall purchasing the BTC and never using it. Any more details I can try to give, please ask and I will do my very best. I'm probably working myself up here for nothing, but you never know I guess.

Appreciate any suggestions.


(Apologies if the image does not post, its been years since I have used a forum)



https://i.imgur.com/4jr6hOs.png