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Other => Beginners & Help => Topic started by: bitchatter on June 10, 2013, 02:05:43 AM



Title: How do I export/restore account balances?
Post by: bitchatter on June 10, 2013, 02:05:43 AM
I backed up my entire .bitcoin directory prior to wiping a machine and performing a fresh linux install.  I reinstalled bitcoin-qt and bitcoind, copied over only wallet.dat from my backed up .bitcoin directory.  After setting the rpcpassword, I loaded the blockchain with the command:

bitcoind -loadblock=/path/to/bootstrap.dat -daemon-rescan

I was able to recover my full balance after catching up with the blockchain, but all my separate account balance information was lost.  All my coins are now in the default "" account.

The account balances were created through the command:

bitcoind getaccountaddress <account>

, used to generate a new address to transfer bitcoins to a local wallet.  I would like to know the steps to do a restore/transfer to a new machine and keep my separate account balance information.

Thanks!

NOTE:  The transactions now all show only "" for the account.


Title: Re: How do I export/restore account balances?
Post by: AquaMan on June 10, 2013, 02:07:57 AM
Hmmm, I hope your backing everything up on an external device too...


Title: Re: How do I export/restore account balances?
Post by: br9590 on June 10, 2013, 02:18:41 AM
You hope the ocean brings back what you threw in it