Hello all,
I downloaded the bitcoinqt wallet. I left it syncing for about 48 hours and got to less than 10,000 blocks to go. unfortunately, overnight, my comp crashed. Now when I open the wallet, it says it can't find the sync data and suggests I start again. I checked my properties and loads of HD space is gone so I evidently have the data somewhere. I don't mind starting again - but obviously I don't want to lose further disk space. I'm unsure where to find the sync data to remove it so my space is freed up again to re-start the process.- /unless of course there is some way of helping my comp to find that data, but i suspect that is unlikely, i am resigned to starting the process again. I guess the data was ruined when it crashed or something. Looking in programmes, i can't see any items that would be even slightly close to large enough to be taking up that space on my disc.
Sorry if this is a stupid question! I'm very new to bitcoin, as you might be able tell! I had a very small amount sent to one of the addresses in that wallet so I wanted to get back in to it - though if it's strongly recommended that I use a different one, I can live with it being lost, as it really was minute.
I'm not a total technology noob but my knowledge has all just come from usage and playing around, and btc is totally new to me, so i'm a bit nervous of just deleting things haphazardly. I also wasn't sure whether uninstalling the wallet would do the job, and whether I would then have lost my pointless amount of btc to the ether...
Thanks in advance for your help and sorry if this is covered somewhere; i did a quick search using the facility above but couldn't find anything except posts which were a bit too advanced for me.
A pc can crash for various things f.e. part failure, overheating from overclocking etc. But while mining this can happen from overclocking of gpu/cpu
