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HI.. please need help !
i have 2 partitions on my computer: one with windows 7 and one with debian squeeze..
the one with winzoz  doesn't avviate the os after i upgrated debian..

the files are ok.. i can see them from linux but i can't use the bitcoin software to use my bitcoins in my wallet...
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i tried ;) to copy the folder "bitcoin" from the programx86 folder of windows in a usb key and than i copy it in another windows pc... the program works but doesn't display the btc!! (seems a new wallet)...
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is there a different solution from tryng to make windows works?? (i have acces to all files of the win partition!)

holy shit.. i have 400 boxes in that wallet
thank u out there

1 BTC if somebody give me soon the solution (you have my word :)

You copied the wrong file.
Your wallet(that is your bitcoins) is located in

Windows:
C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Bitcoin

Back up this folder, especially the wallet.dat file found inside this folder FIRST.

Copy and paste this whole folder into another windows pc @:
C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\

Start the bitcoin program at the second pc, and you'll see your coins there.

If you stil have any problems, (especially how to migrate your coins to Debian system), read this:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet
(My address is below ;D)

400 boxes?

thank u.. easy as i thought  ;)

now i send u your btc!!!

Glad to have helped you. :D
My btc address is this (same as the one below), thanks: 1NB1KFnFqnP3WSDZQrWV3pfmph5fWRyadz

sorry! i THOUGHT it was easy   ::) but it isn't: it still doesn't work!
 ...after i made what u told me (and what i founded on internet) the wallet shows my count and my past transactions, but it doesn't connect to the
bitcoin network...

in fact saids: 0 active connections on the bitcoin network.....

it tryes to synchronize with the blocks but it doesn't really begin..

i tryed re installing and replacing data files... but still don't work...

now in pc i'm tring sichonyzing a new wallet (hours and hours), to change just the wallet.dat after the synchronisation...
in another pc i'm downloading the blockchain that seems to be faster :)

i also tryed making port mapping to my pc in my subnet on the port 8333 but still doesn't work.........



i don't know if the ways i'm taking will resolve something... but untill i don't resolve the problem.. i can't (fisically) send your btc (of course;)


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If you want to download the blockchain faster, go http://eu1.bitcoincharts.com/blockchain/
And download the latest one (3-21). After downloading just unzip it in the bitcoin folder. I find this faster then redownloading via the client. Just paste your old wallet.dat file in after done(remember to backup it, it contains the keys to your btc !!). You might also need to update your client if it still can't synchronize (use 0.5.3.1, not 0.6 as its still unstable .

There's no rush in sending me the btc, just don't panic when something goes wrong as you can't lose your coins if you have copies of your wallet.dat file on hand.  :D

ok.. i loaded the 2 new files .. so now my past transactions are  confirmed by many users....

the problem is that the client still doesn't connect to the bitcoin network.. so i can't send other btc's (no... i can.. but the transaction can't be confirmed ((obiouvsly))....




i'm using the 0.5.2 beta version....

:(

I think so it's a computer problem, not a bitcoin client.
Try to switch off your firewall and check again.

but i tryed to do the same in another pc... and still nothing..

i don't have a firewill....
 my pc is in a subnet but the port forwarding is rightly configurated so i think it's not a port problem....

also because if i unistall and than re install the client, it works (but not after i change wallet.dat)....


shit.... where's the fuckin problem?!?!'
maybe is something stupid.....

how long are you wait for sync? Sometimes I have 1 hour without a connections, but then all sync normally.

Try to delete the contents of the whole bitcoin folder, and then paste the new blockchain and the wallet.dat in again if you haven't done this yet. Try using the 0.5.3.1 client too.

If every thing else fails, dump your keys from the wallet.dat file by using pywallet : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34028.0
and running the command pywallet.py -dumpwallet
Import them into https://blockchain.info/wallet/ and immediately use the blockchain.info service to send all your btc to your new wallet.(As you can download the transactions if you didn't update the wallet.dat file with your old one)

everything else falled.. so i'm tring to get the dump... i tried on a pc but i have difficulties installing .egg file (necessary to pywallet to work) so now i'm tring on debian... i want to install the client and than change the wallet.dat and than run pywallet (in linux seems to run ).........

question: is it possible make the dump on a crypted wallet??

(thank u)

Should be possible on a encrypted wallet. Try joric's fork of the pywallet: https://github.com/joric/pywallet
with the parameters included:
If you have any problems, try reading the guide at :https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34028.0

Edit:

Did you follow the instructions for the .egg file ?


For the last step:

you have to run the easy_install.exe with the specific zope.interface for your system. In the example above, a 64 bit version of windows is used.

i'm not sure about the last step (install zope interface)...

-first aff all i have founded only the amd64 file.. and i have an intel i7 processor on this windows machine (this could be a problem? i see theese architectures are similar so..)

-Then: i don't understand exactly  where do i have to put  ez-setup.py and zopeinterface.egg files....?

when i run (execute) ez-setup.py, in a directory in my desktop with zopeblabla.egg, then i go on python scripts folder and wha do i do??

i execute easyinstall.exe and than?
do i have to use python shell??

can you explain better this last point?? thanks

 



 

1) Just use the amd64 version, unless you use 32 bit windows.
2) Have you just installed the Windows package, not just downloaded the pywallet.py?
That would save you tons of problems by not having to deal with the dependencies.

After that, download joric's pywallet.py at https://github.com/joric/pywallet
Throw that inside C:\python27
Make a .bat file, and put:


inside. Remember to put your wallet password to replace FILLYOURPASSWORD, and add:
if your wallet.dat isn't at the regular place. Replace DATADIR with the location.

Your wallet should be dumped with JSON format, then you can import it to blockchain.info/wallet (easiest) or Armory and other clients.

Maybe try to repair Grub?

http://maketecheasier.com/fix-window-linux-boot-problems-with-super-grub-disk/2010/06/08

??? He is facing problems migrating the bitcoin dir and syncing the blockchain.

English is not my first language  ::)

Reading comprehension gone wrong  :o

your comprension was good.. ;) but at this point of the battle i can't change the flag! ;)
but if the dump doesn't work i'll try it.......


by now i'm ok with pywallet.. but when i give the command to get the dump with the pass...
the prompt says --password: not such option....
the syntax is simple so.. i don't understand..

Use joric's pywallet.py at https://github.com/joric/pywallet

Not the original pywallet.py by jackjack as it does not support encrypted wallets.

OK ;D... i hope last question:
is it possible to save the dump in a file? because i can't copy the code from the prompt (this isn't because of "modality rapid modify".. but a bug of windows on this machine) to up it.... ?

You can copy code from a CMD window, just right click, choose select all, and right click again.

done... but it'doesn't work...

i paste the code on blockchain.info, in the import session,  in the textbox after this:

-----------------------------------------------------
Import Wallet

You may import keys in several different formats.

    * AES encrypted backup from blockchain.info. (Must be encrypted with your current password)
    * Plaintext JSON backup from blockchain.info
    * Output from pywallet.py -dumpwallet
    * Output from Multibit .key file

Please be aware there is currently a limit of 400 private keys per wallet
Paste Data
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

but it doesn't work.. says "could not decode import data"






arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

What is your output? (Note DO put xxxx instead of the actual private keys and addresses before pasting them here)
I'm asking this as you may have included wrong stuff while pasting it to blockchain.info.

If your addresses aren't that many, you can try pasting the private keys one by one to blockchain.info's

ok.. but how i "see" private keys and addresses??

i want to put the right "xxx" before posting that ;)

It should be labeled with 'priv' or 'privatekey' or something along the lines. And it is a alphanumeric key like:


Do you have many addresses inside that wallet?

At the end using bitcoin client on debian it works!

i don't know exactly why ;P

thank u guys for the support..
expecially jhon.. now i undestand what is a "hero member" ;)

Glad it finally worked  :) - just remember to make regular backups like what I said in the PM's so you'll be safe.

Speaking of original software - jackjack forked my project at version 1.1 (https://github.com/joric/pywallet/network).
Sorry for supporting encrypted wallets and compressed keys, what can I do, I just can't abandon it.
Sorry it doesn't require ecdsa, twisted, zope interface and doesn't run a webserver, but at least it's functional.