Multibit wallet problem

[Hem4Tic1]

Hopefully you did not transfer many BTC.

Did you do a backup before using your wallet?

cp1 said: "You should be able to copy your whole multibit folder". Did you do this?

yes I did do this,

but I don't know why it really matters since I have the private key

[cp1]

Hopefully you did not transfer many BTC.

Did you do a backup before using your wallet?

cp1 said: "You should be able to copy your whole multibit folder". Did you do this?

yes I did do this,

but I don't know why it really matters since I have the private key

Because there's something messed up with the blockchain you've downloaded because it's not showing the correct balance.

[kneim]

Better yet rename the multibit folder, you can delete it after successful recover.

[kneim]

Hopefully you did not transfer many BTC.

Did you do a backup before using your wallet?

cp1 said: "You should be able to copy your whole multibit folder". Did you do this?

yes I did do this,

but I don't know why it really matters since I have the private key

I had the case where the wallet itself get corrupt (was with bitcoin-qt). But I had a backup. Backup as soon as possible IS necessary. Bit's can alter anytime anywhere (on harddisk, in memory), believe an admin.

[kneim]

After new installation, start the multibit wallet, and hold your mouse pointer over the lower left edge of the multibit window. It shows you the number of the last loaded block number. It should be the current one, around 242206.

Then import your previously exported keys.

[Hem4Tic1]

Ok I am not entirely sure if I backupped the right thing now. I just took the whole multibit 0.5.11 map and backed that up, is this right?

[kneim]

One dir is for the application, another dir for the data, wallet f. e. I'm now not sitting in front of my multibit computer. With bitcoin-qt, the important wallet or chain data resides in "${HOME}/.bitcoin" (for Ubuntu Linux). What is your operating system?

[Hem4Tic1]

One dir is for the application, another dir for the data, wallet f. e. I'm now not sitting in front of my multibit computer. With bitcoin-qt, the important wallet or chain data resides in "${HOME}/.bitcoin" (for Ubuntu Linux). What is your operating system?

The laptop multibit is installed on is running windows xp

[kneim]

You can search for the file multibit.wallet, the one with your private keys. This is included in the important data dir.

[cp1]

It lists the locations here:
https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_troubleshooting.html

Try looking in both under PC -- I think the second (old windows) would be for XP.

[Hem4Tic1]

Arghh can't find it, apllication data is nowhere to be found. This all is so frustrating, can't I just sent the private key to another pc with multibit and insert it there?

EDIT: Thanks alot for all your help though!

[cp1]

Yes you could do that, you could also import it into the blockchain.info online wallet and then send it to a new address.

[kneim]

You can import the previously exported keys to any other multibit client, it does not matter which operating system or multibit version.

But I wonder that you cannot find the file multibit.wallet. By deinstallaion of the app the data dir remains unchanged. Find this file!

[kneim]

By default the data dir could be hidden.

[macintosh]

I suggest trying a new wallet client

[Hem4Tic1]

I suggest trying a new wallet client

But i can't insert the private key I extracted from the multibit client, can I?

[orymh]

Arghh can't find it, apllication data is nowhere to be found. This all is so frustrating, can't I just sent the private key to another pc with multibit and insert it there?

EDIT: Thanks alot for all your help though!

As long as you have the private key, you can import it into another MultiBit install, or just about any other wallet (including, as cp1 notes, an online wallet at blockchain.info). I've personally been very happy with the Electrum client: http://electrum.org. It's got a nice, simple import: you just paste your private key(s) into a window, hit import, and you're done.

If you'd like to take another stab at finding your current MultiBit data files, you may be able to get a hint from MultiBit itself. Go to File->Open Wallet. The path that it takes you to should be the location of your current data files, so you can make a note of that path and browse to it in Windows Explorer. If kneim's suggestion of searching for multibit.wallet didn't turn up anything, there are two good possibilities:

1. Your wallet file has a different name.
2. Your system settings are such that the location of your wallet file isn't available when you search.

In either case, the file should still have the .wallet extension, and you should see it in the window that opens when you select Open Wallet from the File menu.

[Alexander The Great]

This is what you gotta do, take the wallet.dat out of your client that you sent the coins to. And download a new client. with the backup wallet.dat replace the new one, then try -rescan your coins should pop up

[kneim]

I suggest trying a new wallet client

But i can't insert the private key I extracted from the multibit client, can I?

I thought you did it before.

There is a menu with import and export of private keys. After a new installation simply use this to import the previously exported keys.

[Hem4Tic1]

I suggest trying a new wallet client

But i can't insert the private key I extracted from the multibit client, can I?

I thought you did it before.

There is a menu with import and export of private keys. After a new installation simply use this to import the previously exported keys.

Ok so this is not client dependant?