Please help me import my wallet.dat and recover it

[merkin]

Help!

All I want to do is open my backuped wallet. I have the password and everything, and I've tried bitcoincore which is giving me a weird error message saying I don't have enough hard drive space (even though I have 600gb free) to the drive I installed it on.

I've tried dragging the wallet into (https://blockchain.info/wallet/import-wallet) to which I always get the "Connection refused" error.

I've tried Multibit, and clicking File -> Open wallet and getting the "error message was null" error.

What the heck do I have to do to open this thing

Could it be that it matters what kind of client I was using my btc wallet with? I think at one point i was using armory.. but I'm on a slow connection now and that's out of the question. .


Please help !!!


Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

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[erdna420]

Hey,

Try another wallet provider, you maybe need the private key associated to your wallet.
A lot of wallets give the opportunity to import your balance via copyright/paste your private key.

[cinnamon_carter]

easy, install the client , after it installs, open it, then close it.

put your wallet in the place of the one that the new install created,

always keep a copy of it

have fun redownloading the blockchain

your coins should show up

[erdna420]

Maybe you just have to change a "0" to "O" or "I" to "l" too
Can you post a screenshot of the error ? I've already backup wallet and works fine.

[achow101_alt]

It would be helpful to know what your wallet was from. Different clients backup to different file formats. If it is for Bitcoin Core, you can put the wallet file in the data directory and the balance will show up once everything syncs. You can also use software like pywallet to extract the private keys so that you can import them into another client.

[merkin]

im pretty sure it was bitcoincore

"Try another wallet provider, you maybe need the private key associated to your wallet. "


Like which ones? Please tell me .

so the best way to get my private key is to use pywallet ? and then I can recover it online somewhere?
my head's going to explode D:

[Rude Boy]

i think you cannot import *.dat file into multibit. Because, multibit wallet extension is *.wallet and better open/import your wallet by where you backup'ed/exported.


~Rude Boy

[erdna420]

It would be helpful to know what your wallet was from. Different clients backup to different file formats. If it is for Bitcoin Core, you can put the wallet file in the data directory and the balance will show up once everything syncs. You can also use software like pywallet to extract the private keys so that you can import them into another client.

Thumb up !

I think i know where is your problem. Find the folder named "Appdata" or "ProgramData" and then find the wallet diretory to import your wallet.dat

I'm sorry i can't help you more, my english is limited but people can help you to fix it.
If you understand french i can help you.

[merkin]

yea i noticed that rude boy and thought that might be the case..

thanks achow, I can't remember much french from my school days

The problem I think is bitcoin core is failing to create "appdata" folder since it's giving me a message "your hard drive is full" even though there's enough free space.

[defcon23]

just download electrum, then import your dumped private keys into your new wallet .

Kind regards 

[medUSA]

All I want to do is open my backuped wallet. I have the password and everything, and I've tried bitcoincore which is giving me a weird error message saying I don't have enough hard drive space (even though I have 600gb free) to the drive I installed it on.

Bitcoin core downloads and store the blockchain data on C: even if you install bitcoin core on another drive. If C: is low on free space, it can give you a low free space error.

C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application data\Bitcoin (XP)
C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Bitcoin (Vista and 7)

Either free up space on C: or use the "datadir" option:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Bitcoin\bitcoin-qt.exe" -datadir=D:\BitCoinData