Quote from: DannyHamilton on October 03, 2012, 09:41:57 PM

Quote from: Tirapon on October 03, 2012, 08:48:01 PM

Did you make a backup of your wallet.dat file? . . .If not, make a backup now . . . and copy it to a safe place

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This is the most important step. As long as you have the original wallet.dat that has the private keys associated with the bitcoin addresses you are using, you'll be ok. If you lose this file and don't have your private keys written down or stored anywhere else, then you can kiss your coins good-bye. Be VERY careful and don't mess with anything unless/until you are sure that you have a good copy of the correct wallet.dat stored in a safe place.

ok, did that now...

Quote from: Stephen Gornick on October 03, 2012, 10:23:46 PM

Quote from: DannyHamilton on October 03, 2012, 09:41:57 PM

don't mess with anything unless/until you are sure that you have a good copy of the correct wallet.dat stored in a safe place.

Very good advice.

Quote from: BrendStatter on October 03, 2012, 08:19:38 PM

3. meanwhile i realized an available update --> installed it

Version 0.7? That's the most recent release.

If it is "stuck" it could be because it isn't connecting to peers. Does the client show connections (status tray in bottom right)

The debug.log will show more of what the problem might be.

yes it's this version, hope it didn't change my wallet.dat..... and YES it has 8 activ connections to the coin network. ..

Quote from: Blyzon on October 03, 2012, 10:37:01 PM

Yes, the wallet does seem broken. I had this same exact problem. Every time I installed and ran it, it got to a certain point in the block chain and then got stuck.

To get it to work, I had to download the blockchain manually from here: http://eu1.bitcoincharts.com/blockchain/

ok, gonna give it a try... where to save that file than??

thanks for your helps!!

BrendStatter

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