Ok installed the new bitcoin client 24.0.1 & we get the same error messages, I'm so confused.

Command prompt as stated earlier on in this post in Windows: is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Command as peviously stated in the Bitcoin QT: Method not found (code -32601)

There is still no 'bin' file.

OK that's interesting & thank you, seems loading my old wallet might have done some damage or the wallet was borked somehow.

I'll get onto that link straight away & thanks for the advice re-wallet names, I have 2x M.2 drives with the same info on both. I have scanned the cloned drive & it is identical down to the deleted files.

I am loading the new Bitcoin core on another PC & working from that, using my M.2 cloned drive in a caddy via USB connection.

Ok tried running the QT as admin & we still get the same error: Method not found 32601

No I havn't tried that yet, will it make the 'bin' file appear in the folders? Our 'bin' file is no where to be found.

I know it has to be down to my error, I had no idea that was not current. I'll try to find another wallet but not sure as to where I'll find one. Trouble is I am in the UK & we have to use a damn VPN to get the bitcoin client.

Thanks for posting.

Thanks for the responses & this just seems to get harder to understand, we are using bitcoin core 22.0, this is as far I i can tell the latest version, I used the command in the QT again & got this message: Method not found (code -32601)

Command prompt as stated above in Windows: is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Command as stated above in the Bitcoin QT: Method not found (code -32601)

There is still no 'bin' file.

I feel at a complete loss as to how I am going to get this done, I figure I have lost the coins forever.

Thank you but this is so odd, we do not seem to have a 'bin' folder in the Bitcoin Core directory. There is nothing like that in the folders, I have the Bitcoin installation on another PC & now have my cloned M.2 drive with the deleted files connected via USB.

In my install on both PC's that we use, these folders are all we have:
deamon
doc
bitcon qt.exe
COPYING.txt
readme.txt
bitcoin uninstall.exe

I am using Bitcoin Core 22.0 & I also wonder if the deleted wallet.dat can be used with a pruned blockchain wallet or does it have to be how I had the original installation unpruned?

I wanted to try this option first & I have loaded the recovered wallet.dat file onto another PC at the desktop & we seem unable to find the 'bin' folder in the Bitcoin Core install directory which for us is on D: "D:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bin" does not show.

If the recovered file is corrupted, try to use salvage command of Bitcoin Core's bitcoin-wallet tool:

• Go to Bitcoin Core's install directory, open "bin" folder;
  Since you're on Windows, it's in "C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bin" folder by default.
• Open your command prompt and cd to that directory, enter: cd "C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\bin"
• Then to use salvage command with bitcoin-wallet tool: bitcoin-wallet --wallet="full path to your wallet.dat" salvage
  For example: if your corrupted wallet.dat is saved in "D:\testdir\wallet.dat", it should be --wallet="D:\testdir\wallet.dat"
• Command should finish without any response, otherwise, there's an error.
• If it finished without errors, load the wallet.dat to Bitcoin Core and see if it's now fixed.

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Is the 'bin' folder the 'recycle bin' on my original drive?

No I used EaseUS data recovery for the scan & found the tree of Bitcoin Core folders that have been deleted & the wallet folder is also there.

I will use  the backup drive I am going the clone later on tonight & keep the original drive safe.

Awesome news, thank you & I can see the wallets folder in D: recycle bin aswell as the full the file tree: Local Disk(D)\Lost Files\Deleted\File Path Lost\wallets\, so I take it that must be inserted in the command prompt as the path?

I have now removed the M.2 drive so I don't overwrite anything & I am going to make a clone of the data on it, before I start the scan at the weekend.

I am totally unfamiliar with all this so thank you for your help.

Hi, thanks for the message & info, I used EaseUS data recovery software for this, the two other ones I tried didn't show the deleted files structure, but EaseUS did.
I have the full tree of files that have File path lost showing the same data same as in the app data folder for Bitcoin, so i feel sure the DAT file for the wallet I created is the right one.

I'll take a good look at the links you posted & see where I go from there.

I really appreciate the help, thank you.

Hello, I have mistakenly deleted my bitcoin wallet from my additional M.2. hard drive (D:) when I removed the Bitcoincore software, I hadn't realised but I had forgotten to save the last wallet I made...
I have since recovered the lost files from the drive but the wallet file is not in the correct format.
 From the recovered files the original Bitcoin core installation now has a missing path & I can see the wallet folder as normal & the files look ok, but the .dat which is 952KB will not load, saying the file is not in the correct format.

I have done some research & looked into this topic https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/9127/dumping-private-keys-from-wallet-dat-from-command-line-pywallet-py-alternatives

I am not good with things like this & I failed to get the py wallet to see the .dat file, which was placed in the same folder. I wonder if there is anything else I can try or am I on the right track, just not going through the procedure correctly?

Any help that results in the wallet working again will recieve a reward.


Cheers.

My transaction has just been given a block number!

Thanks for the help, you all made this less of a trauma

Thanks for the info
Can one see if the transaction is dropped by the pool & does it show on the blockchain transaction if it is returned to my wallet?

Thanks for your response, I was using Armoury 0.96 so RBF was not selected, the coins have left the wallet & sit unconfirmed with 2 outputs to different addresses.
Thanks to the person that posted the mempool link, I can see the backlog of transactions is starting to clear & the blocks are getting ever closer to my 51 sats fee that is set, I am such a numpty for not knowing about this before, but I guess we all have to dip our toes in the water sooner or later.

You guys are awesome & thanks for all the responses, I am resigned to waiting for the transaction to be added to a block & confirmed sometime soon..

How long would it be before a transaction comes back to a wallet with the fee being too low? This transaction was made 6 days ago & I am wondering if it is rejected only if the pool purges it?

How do I pay more in fees when the BTC has left the wallet & what is 'CPFP the output'?

I am hoping it gets returned to my wallet, after an update on the blockchain info page an hour ago, I can now see that the transaction did go through & sit unconfirmed due to a low fee (51 sats per byte). Maybe they will go through but I hope not.
Thanks for posting.

Ok wow, yes I didn't see the receivivg address in the 1st instance because the wallet I am in, imported the key automatically without the need to get or see the receiving address, thanks for clarifying the 'wallet address' I thought I was missing something.
Fingers crossed the coins come back!

Thanks for you responses & if I do get this sorted I'll send you a bit of BTC, just leave your address.

Cheers.

Ok thank you that's a good sign because the coins are still unconfirmed from 2 days ago, as for my wallet address I can only click 'recieve bitcoins' to see a new receiving address. I imported the keys from the 'import sweep keys' section & there is no other address that I can see other than the Wallet ID:
I am new to all this so unsure what to do next. Funny that the coins showed as a balance before I installed a higher version of Armory but do not show after restoring the paper backup on the 0.96 version that I used originally.

Hello, I really need some advice, I am relatively new to this.
I am using Bitcoin Core 22.0.0. I had an issue with Armoury 0.96 after I imported a private key which would not send to a deposit address on the network, after importing the private key I did back up the Armoury wallet with a paper backup.
After importing the private key to the Armoury wallet the balance showed correctly in my wallet. On the blockchain address the bitcoin still sit unconfirmed, after trying to send them a bitcoin deposit address.
I did get a message saying the transaction fees might be too low & to try again but the same message appeared over & over, I did see the link to report the issue to Armoury but instead i tried to reseach the fault & ended up loading Armoury 0.96.3 over the old wallet, that did not work so I reverted back to 0.96 & the wallets that I had are still there but the one with the imported private key is now showing no bitcoin balance.

i have tried to import the private key again but it says the address I am trying to import is already part of my wallet, can I get the coins back?

I also tried to restore the paper backup on another PC but the balance says zero.

I can say the coins are there unconfirmed on the blockchain, you can see they were redeemed but they remain unconfirmed. Is it possible get them back to my wallet now they do not show in either my original Armoury wallet or the backup on the other PC that i tried to restore?
I am thinking because I reedemed the bitcoin from a cold wallet to the Armoury wallet, but did not get to send them on the network to be confirmed that they are lost, even with a backup?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.