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Cataclysmic (OP)
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April 10, 2013, 06:39:00 PM
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In August of 2012 I bought & spent a few BTC.  The next month I forgot about my bitcoins when I reformatted my computer.  Since then I've assumed that they were lost forever, but I was just looking through an old backup of my computer and found this (OS is Windows Vista) - http://screencast.com/t/q9TZxLfs9V7

Would my BTC be somewhere in those files?  If yes, how would I go about "getting them out" so I can use them again?
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April 10, 2013, 06:48:10 PM
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Yes, you need to install bitcoin-qt client and copy this wallet.dat file into bitcoin folder.
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April 10, 2013, 06:52:27 PM
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All you need is wallet.dat. Just replace your wallet with the old one. Just move your current wallet somewhere else or just rename it something in the same folder and it'll work fine.
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