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Re: Did I just lose my wallet?
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fooledme1000
on 06/01/2021, 00:32:18 UTC
Quote from: Evilish on January 05, 2021, 10:49:27 PM
I am assuming you re-installed your operating system? A couple Qs. I think we will be able to help better if we have clarity on these.

Do you recall ever creating a backup of your "wallet.dat" file?

Are you still using the same hard drive?

And what did you choose as your data directory when you installed Bitcoin Core last time? Did you keep it as default (%APPDATA%\Bitcoin) or choose a different drive/location. Your "wallet.dat" file can usually be found in that directory.

Assuming you didn't create a backup previously nor can find the old "wallet.dat" in your hard drive then it would be a little tougher. All hope is not lost though, because if you're using the same hard drive then with some luck you might be able to recover the old "wallet.dat" file with a data recovery tool.

Yes I installed Windows 10 overtop of itself but chose the option to keep no files.

I do not recall creating a wallet.dat file, but if it was a default option I would gone along with it.

Yes I am using the same hard-drive.

I don't recall which directory I installed Bitcoin core to but it would have been whatever the default is.

Are there any data recovery tools you recommend?
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Re: Did I just lose my wallet?
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fooledme1000
on 05/01/2021, 22:44:19 UTC
Quote from: Bitcoin_Arena on Today at 10:31:56 PM
To some extent you could be screwed unless you get the right password to the wallet.
Another question is, did you write down the seed phrase somewhere? That kind of wallet back up could be a big savior to you right now.
No seed phrase... I only have password that looks like similar to this: Ha2yD4Il47h28Ve4e9c3eb
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Did I just lose my wallet?
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fooledme1000
on 05/01/2021, 22:14:24 UTC
My computer crashed but I had my bitcoin address and password in my password manager so I thought I was good. I installed the Bitcoin core app again, but can't figure out how to open my existing wallet and realized the password I have isn't the seed-like sequence of words I thought it was. Am I screwed?