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1  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Lost Wallet/Private Keys on: March 13, 2021, 04:36:31 PM
Is it possible they were emailed to me back then or can they still be recovered off of HD?
If you don't believe that you saved them then no, you can't recover them. Can you remember if you clicked a "back up" button from that site, if it had any? I don't believe that there were sites that emailed you your private keys. If you didn't write the private key(s) on a file or on a paper, then you've lost them.

Uggghhh...  SO do you think I would have any chance with Daves wallet recovery service that I read about on another post here?
2  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Lost Wallet/Private Keys on: March 13, 2021, 03:08:15 PM
Saying that your wallet was created from your banking info means that it was an online wallet. You probably wrote a password the site gave to you to confirm your ownership if you ever needed them in the future. After a decade, that site is most probably gone.

I forgot about the wallet and all this time has passed and I lost the keys I wrote down but I do still have the computer.
How did those keys look like? Did they look like this?
Code:
KxfTS9zwhyWoXFdLYaRUPgqV9L9d5qQkPAif8iCDUmPTkXZ2FLSH

As for the computer, did you ever save them on a file? Have you formatted your computer since then?

I would imagine the few dollars change have grown considerably by now too say the least.
If you had few dollars worth of bitcoins back then, then you they may worth millions of dollars right now.


Ok guys thanks for your replies. So BlackHatCoiner it's probably an online wallet then, and yes I believe the keys did look like the code you mentioned but I don't believe I ever saved the keys on any file. Is it possible they were emailed to me back then or can they still be recovered off of HD?  As far as if the computer was ever formatted; The computer was serviced by the Geek Squad at Best Buy because it was running very slow but they saved/backed up the factory image and all the data that was on it in a compressed zip folder on the HD
3  Other / Beginners & Help / Lost Wallet/Private Keys on: March 13, 2021, 12:05:22 AM
Hello to All,
I made a purchase on a website, back in 2009/2010 timeframe, and the seller only accepted bitcoin as payment. I remember a link where a wallet was created from my banking info and I remember writing some keys or passwords down. After paying for the items I had a few dollars change leftover which I basically left in the wallet. Of course, I forgot about the wallet and all this time has passed and I lost the keys I wrote down but I do still have the computer. Doesn't work very well but I have it. I've tried saving the data to a flash drive but have been unsuccessful.  I don't know if the wallet is an online wallet or hardware wallet or what.  My question is how can I find out what and where my wallet is and are the keys recoverable off the hard drive?   I would imagine the few dollars change have grown considerably by now too say the least. I don't mind doing my own reseach  I just hoped someone could point me in the right direction and any advice greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance
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