Hello,
So today I decided to move my wallet.dat (2 files) and .lock files to my offline laptop and made some test on my PC to assure my backup is working or not, but I ran into issues.
Here is what I did :
1. I was running Core v0.12 successfully with no single issue.
2. I took a copy of the following files to my offline laptop
.lock (I supposed this file is the where the wallet password is saved, my wallet is password protected)
wallet1.dat
wallet.dat
db.log
debug.log
fee_estimates.dat
peers.dat
3. I've installed Core v0.12.1 over v0.12 like I've always used to.
4. I let v0.12.1 run
WITHOUT the files above, to create a new empty wallet.dat file along with other necessary files and updated the blocks.
5. I've moved the
NEW .lock and wallet away and replaced them with
.lock (
OLD one)
wallet1.dat
wallet.dat
6. Everytime I run the the new version, it ends with (Done Loading) of my wallet address then an error (bitcoin-qt.exe has stopped working), like this one
BUT, I was successful in running it few times and while writing this, I tried to open it like 5-6 times, I was always successful, I did nothing to fix the issue, only writing this topic.
I'm afraid about my backup solution to be honest.