Hacked or Lost Bitcoin QT wallet? Corrupt DB? Shows zero transactions *SOLVED*

[cdog]

*EDIT I was putting my replacement wallet in appdata/roaming/bitcoin, not in the datadir folder! USER ERROR*

Ive had a bitcoin QT wallet since April 2013, right now I cant access any coins because the wallet shows zero transactions ever, everything is zeroes. I had it backed up in several places including google drive, thumb drives, etc.

Ive tried replacing the wallet.dat file with my backup, and run -rescan and -reindex, Ive updated to .13, and still cant see my coins or any transactions. My last transaction was in July.

At this point Im getting concerned. It seems like my wallet is lost, because I cant see any transactions. But the original wallet.dat file in google drive still says modified April 2013, I can see the history of the file and it hasnt changed. If I was hacked, wouldnt there just be no wallet.dat file at all, a recently modified one, or I could see my wallet but the coins would be emptied?

Ive tried two different (win7) PCs at home with no luck, and at this point Im concerned. I feel like Im missing something, any suggestions?

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[achow101]

Are you sure that you are putting your backups in the right folder? If you go to Help > Debug Window and you look at the Datadir field, does it have the same folder path as where you put your wallet.dat file? Do you know one of the addresses in your wallet that has Bitcoin?

What was the last version of Bitcoin Core that you used this wallet on?

[cdog]

achow101, I knew this had to be user error. I tried to send a zero fee transaction over the summer, never went through, so I deleted my local wallet. When I replaced it, I put it appdata/roaming/bitcoin and not with the datadir which I have on my storage drive. Then I forgot about it.

You could lock/delete this or maybe better if I edit the title so someone else can find it if they have the same issue.