Okay I was successfully able to install Bitcoin Core version 19.0.1
However, it is syncing with the network and is 12 years behind. I do not think I have enough space on my hard drive to complete the sync. Last time it took up like 900 GB when I tried a year ago.
While it's syncing I looked to see if there was any options in the settings to import my old backup_wallet.dat file and I don't see anything.
What does the plan do you actually want about your wallet? Do you want to continue using Bitcoin core? Using bitcoin core will download the entire Bitcoin blockchain except if you set it to prune mode but you won't be able to use most of the console commands.
Do you want to withdraw your funds from your wallet?
If that's what you want then you don't need to download the entire blockchain just let it run while syncing and go to console to dump all private keys from your wallet.dat but before you do that you need to import your wallet.dat there is no option on the settings that you can import wallet.dat. Since you mention that you are using Windows 10 OS then you can manually import the wallet.dat under
%appdata%/Bitcoin then look for the wallet folder and paste the wallet.dat there. Once it's done you can now open the Bitcoin core wallet and proceed to export the private keys from your wallet.
To export, the private key goto console you can find it on Window>Console or through shortcut CTRL+T.
Then type this
Use this only if you remember that your wallet has a password.
walletpassphrase yourpassword 200
Then enter this
dumpwallet C:/mydumpwallet.txt
Now you have a dump wallet with your all private keys next what you need to do is to install Electrum to import them. It doesn't need to download the entire blockchain so you don't need to wait for long after you import all private keys it will sync few a couple of minutes then you're ready to send BTC from your wallet.
Another option is to dump the wallet with pywallet.py it requires python so you will need to install a python in your system.
You can find the tool here
https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywalletThen for the guide check this post below
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=285947.msg55561003#msg55561003It only dumps or exports the private keys from your wallet.dat file once you are successful in dumping your private keys from your wallet then you can proceed to import it to Electrum. This one should be the best option it doesn't need to download the entire blockchain or wait to be fully synced.