Hi , I deleted the save file ( moved to desk top ) . And it starts fine ,
Thanks for your time all .

Thanks HCP and welsh
I found a template and edited the passphrase and it ran with the result .
one more question is I tried it a second time and the second attempt wouldn't run because it found the password on its first attempt. Is that normal

Thanks for you replies HCP and uartasic ,
The token text file had the word tes ( short for test ) , which is the wallet password so I could test the  btcrecover programme but it didn't find it , what I would like is a text file from which I can input my guess at my wallet password of which I know but not in the right order . Could either of you email me one where I can input my guess .

Thanks Paul

hi ,  can some of you people with more knowledge than me  help me with a template for a  btcrecover or a tokens-auto.txt file.
i have it running but something is not quite right it takes only a few minutes to process when i start btcrecover , then finishes with a line saying exhausted .

hope I made sense .
hope you can help.
thanks Paul

Thanks for your support .
Everyone . 

Starting to understand keys and address now . The hunt begins for my old wallet.dat
Thanks shorena

Would the private key be in an old version of bitcoin - 0.86 .
I deleted it and did a fresh install of version - 0.9

I  take the loss . It's just hard to understand address and private key. I'll do more reading ,

Thanks deathandtaxes

That's one thing ,  I didn't know you can look up address's . If its not being used is there anything I can do . Also I have tried importing it through bitcoin consul but I get code error 5  . Are the send and receive address in the same format of encryption .
Thanks for your reply jbrnt .

Hi , been mining since february and received my first payout from slush pool , my problem is that in the receive coins box on my account I put the sending address to receive coins , not the receive address to receive my coins . Are they lost ?
Hope this makes sense , any help or advice , thanks in advance .

Hi ,new here and I bought a Avalon miner in January and set it up through its web address . All was running fine till yesterday when I looked at it it was just sat with the power lights and Ethernet light blinking . No noise what so ever . I bought a new power supply but that has not resolved the problem . Any help would be great . Is there any reset button . Would it cut out if it overheated.