Wallet restore

[bitneck]

Hi guys

Bitcoin newb had to emergency reimage PC and has lost his original wallt.dat file.  I still know the address, is there any way to collect these coins.  Only a pitiful amount, but everybit helps.

[JamesIV]

If you only have the address it is not possible to recover the private key. The private key is what is important. you can extract your private key from a wallet.dat using pywallet.
Look here for details.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34028.0

[Mr.Dreamanonym]

Thank you !

[JohnLuc]

if the wallet.dat is lost and no private key, it's gone forever

[bitneck]

Well, lucky i only had .001 BTC

[Trillium]

All the main wallet types support and encourage backup (in various ways). Don't be a victim of the entropy of the universe.

[bitcoin44me]

Well, lucky i only had .001 BTC

Make a new wallet then

[TuBB]

im newbe, tnx for this info, i will be verry carefully

[JamesIV]

What's your address? I'll be nice and send you over BTC0.001

[EnRageRSrtrZHeaAt]

This time export your private key to flash drive. Even print private key on sheet of paper and store in safe.