About Wallet.dat!

[OracionSeis]

Hello, ı want to format my computer but i don't want to lose my btc what do i do with wallet.dat?

[orymh]

You can copy it to a USB drive or a DropBox folder temporarily. It's best to add another layer of security to it first: you can store it in a TrueCrypt encrypted volume (http://www.truecrypt.org/), or zip it with a compression tool that supports encryption (my favorite free one is ZipGenius: www.zipgenius.com).

[OracionSeis]

You can copy it to a USB drive or a DropBox folder temporarily. It's best to add another layer of security to it first: you can store it in a TrueCrypt encrypted volume (http://www.truecrypt.org/), or zip it with a compression tool that supports encryption (my favorite free one is ZipGenius: www.zipgenius.com).

i will store the whole folder? not only wallet.dat?

[orymh]

You can copy it to a USB drive or a DropBox folder temporarily. It's best to add another layer of security to it first: you can store it in a TrueCrypt encrypted volume (http://www.truecrypt.org/), or zip it with a compression tool that supports encryption (my favorite free one is ZipGenius: www.zipgenius.com).

i will store the whole folder? not only wallet.dat?

You only really need the wallet.dat backed up. That's the file that contains your addresses and key information; as long as you have that, you can always get at your Bitcoins.

If you wallet is encrypted, though, make sure you don't lose your encryption password! Without the password, an encrypted wallet.dat is useless.

[OracionSeis]

You can copy it to a USB drive or a DropBox folder temporarily. It's best to add another layer of security to it first: you can store it in a TrueCrypt encrypted volume (http://www.truecrypt.org/), or zip it with a compression tool that supports encryption (my favorite free one is ZipGenius: www.zipgenius.com).

i will store the whole folder? not only wallet.dat?

You only really need the wallet.dat backed up. That's the file that contains your addresses and key information; as long as you have that, you can always get at your Bitcoins.

If you wallet is encrypted, though, make sure you don't lose your encryption password! Without the password, an encrypted wallet.dat is useless.

I copied my wallet.dat to another hdd.
After format i will install btcwallet and will replace the saved wallet.dat with default wallet?

[zeocrash]

Send it to me, i'll look after it for you

[OracionSeis]

Send it to me, i'll look after it for you

^


Ahahaha

[orymh]

You can copy it to a USB drive or a DropBox folder temporarily. It's best to add another layer of security to it first: you can store it in a TrueCrypt encrypted volume (http://www.truecrypt.org/), or zip it with a compression tool that supports encryption (my favorite free one is ZipGenius: www.zipgenius.com).

i will store the whole folder? not only wallet.dat?

You only really need the wallet.dat backed up. That's the file that contains your addresses and key information; as long as you have that, you can always get at your Bitcoins.

If you wallet is encrypted, though, make sure you don't lose your encryption password! Without the password, an encrypted wallet.dat is useless.

I copied my wallet.dat to another hdd.
After format i will install btcwallet and will replace the saved wallet.dat with default wallet?

Yep, that should do it.

[OracionSeis]

You can copy it to a USB drive or a DropBox folder temporarily. It's best to add another layer of security to it first: you can store it in a TrueCrypt encrypted volume (http://www.truecrypt.org/), or zip it with a compression tool that supports encryption (my favorite free one is ZipGenius: www.zipgenius.com).

i will store the whole folder? not only wallet.dat?

You only really need the wallet.dat backed up. That's the file that contains your addresses and key information; as long as you have that, you can always get at your Bitcoins.

If you wallet is encrypted, though, make sure you don't lose your encryption password! Without the password, an encrypted wallet.dat is useless.

I copied my wallet.dat to another hdd.
After format i will install btcwallet and will replace the saved wallet.dat with default wallet?

Yep, that should do it.

Thanks you so much dude ^^.

[orymh]

You can copy it to a USB drive or a DropBox folder temporarily. It's best to add another layer of security to it first: you can store it in a TrueCrypt encrypted volume (http://www.truecrypt.org/), or zip it with a compression tool that supports encryption (my favorite free one is ZipGenius: www.zipgenius.com).

i will store the whole folder? not only wallet.dat?

You only really need the wallet.dat backed up. That's the file that contains your addresses and key information; as long as you have that, you can always get at your Bitcoins.

If you wallet is encrypted, though, make sure you don't lose your encryption password! Without the password, an encrypted wallet.dat is useless.

I copied my wallet.dat to another hdd.
After format i will install btcwallet and will replace the saved wallet.dat with default wallet?

Yep, that should do it.

Thanks you so much dude ^^.

You're welcome, good luck!

[wallet.dat]

Did somebody call?

[orymh]

Did somebody call?

What are you doing out in public? You're supposed to be someplace secure! 

[OracionSeis]

Did somebody call?

Hey! I have been looking for you! go to the safe HDD

[zeocrash]

Did somebody call?

lol

[Svennisen]

Did somebody call?

Hehehe, got me a good laugh irl! Thank you.

[netzwerg]

Please note that after you replace the wallet.dat file on your new Bitcoin installation, you may need to run bitcoind --rescan in order for your wallet to work correctly.

[oli123123]

Did somebody call?

lol