[System: Windows 7]

****Warning: Non technical user writing ****

So I decided to secure my wallet.dat the best I could. Result? Bitcoins went rebel on me (can't retrieve them)

What I've done step by step:

System: Windows 7 (I know, I know... should be using Linux... I wish my brain was compatible with command lines)

1) Downloaded Bitcoin client
2) Disconnected computer from the internet
3) Installed Bitcoin Client (always offline: 0 connections, 0 blocks)
4) Copied wallet's address: 15MTVqXm1EPSWdLHQ9A2b5MiWYRwMfGwBR
5) Copied wallet.dat file into a pen drive and encrypted it.
6) Deleted the wallet.dat file from the computer (which was offline the whole time)
7) From a different computer I sent ฿0.1 to that address (again: 15MTVqXm1EPSWdLHQ9A2b5MiWYRwMfGwBR )
8 ) Waited for it to appear in Block Explorer (it did)
9) In a different computer I used a client that was working fine with another wallet (all blocks updated, all transactions for the original wallet showing). So I replaced the wallet with the one I created offline and that should be showing the ฿0.1
10) Watched as nothing happened (balance:  ฿0.00)
11) Waited... nothing. (changed the wallet.dat to the original, everything was showing)
12) Verified that the address that was showing on the client was the same for the wallet I created (it was). Just in case I copied the address FROM the client and looked it up in Block Explorer. The ฿0.1 were there.
13) Called a friend. He suggested to write the problem here.
14) Left the client opened with the wallet all night, just to see if waiting helped. Today the balance is still zero.
15) The client has ALL the blocks, and it works perfectly with other wallets
16) Tried it in a different computer, with a different working client. Same problem.

I'm guessing there's either a really simple explanation for this, or this is really weird.

Any sharp brains around?

Help will be greatly appreciated

Thank you in advance.

Solution:

1. close the bitcoin client.
2. run bitcoin from cmd (bitcoin.exe -rescan)

So, the owner hasn't been communicating for over a month now, and his website goes down, though all the coins haven't moved so far (at least no one has expressed the contrary). So the possibility of him being dead or not being able to move or attend the situation is there. The question is, if this is the case, is there anything we can do to recoup these coins that are sitting on this server? Is there anything the hosting provider can do? I read a thread of someone proposing to contact the hosting provider and paying them to at least back up the files for the account, until we have further info.
Any thoughts?