Help: recover privkey after exporting from Qt?

[cypherdoc]

is there such a thing as mounting a hard drive in Windows?

Yes, but if it's a virtual hard drive, you need a compatible VM. What soft were you hosting the VM with (vmware, hyper-v, virtual server, etc.) ?

vmware fusion

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[Kouye]

Cool, I never used it, but it should be easy enough, using google, to make a new vm and mount your old hard-drive image in this new VM.
Then run pywallet from this newly created vm, pointing to the partition of this old-restored-mounted-drive you think your wallet has ever been stored or copied to.

[cypherdoc]

ok, installed python 2.7, twisted, and zope-interface.

how do i install pywallet, then run it on the C:drive?

[Raoul Duke]

ok, installed python 2.7, twisted, and zope-interface.

how do i install pywallet, then run it on the C:drive?

download pywallet.py from github and run it from the windows command line.

[jackjack]

ok, installed python 2.7, twisted, and zope-interface.

how do i install pywallet, then run it on the C:drive?

download pywallet.py from github and run it from the windows command line.

Yup

Code:

wget "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wmXTdQrf" -O pywallet_2.1.0b4.py

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

[jackjack]

The code was bugged for linux/mac, the last version is working: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wmXTdQrf

[cypherdoc]

ok, installed python 2.7, twisted, and zope-interface.

how do i install pywallet, then run it on the C:drive?

download pywallet.py from github and run it from the windows command line.

Yup

Code:

wget "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wmXTdQrf" -O pywallet_2.1.0b4.py

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

i should be able to get this to work.  i've installed all the tools for pywallet onto the exact windows computer that vanitygen'd "1cypher".  i dumped the current wallet using 8989 but this isn't a wallet that ever had "1cypher".  but the remnants must be somewhere in this OS if you're correct about how vanitygen leaving traces of the address that can be recovered. 

for the life of me though, i can't get the right combination of commands to "recover" the privkey from this.  not a frequent command line user:

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

any further suggestions?

[paraipan]

ok, installed python 2.7, twisted, and zope-interface.

how do i install pywallet, then run it on the C:drive?

download pywallet.py from github and run it from the windows command line.

Yup

Code:

wget "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wmXTdQrf" -O pywallet_2.1.0b4.py

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

i should be able to get this to work.  i've installed all the tools for pywallet onto the exact windows computer that vanitygen'd "1cypher".  i dumped the current wallet using 8989 but this isn't a wallet that ever had "1cypher".  but the remnants must be somewhere in this OS if you're correct about how vanitygen leaving traces of the address that can be recovered.  

for the life of me though, i can't get the right combination of commands to "recover" the privkey from this.  not a frequent command line user:

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

any further suggestions?

"pywallet.py --web" and then navigate to http://localhost:8989/, work with the entire pub key to find it "1cypherEucdwyZ8Xn84M8qUscjBXnWGZA"

This tool never failed me once and I thank jackjack for making it.

[cypherdoc]

ok, installed python 2.7, twisted, and zope-interface.

how do i install pywallet, then run it on the C:drive?

download pywallet.py from github and run it from the windows command line.

Yup

Code:

wget "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wmXTdQrf" -O pywallet_2.1.0b4.py

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

i should be able to get this to work.  i've installed all the tools for pywallet onto the exact windows computer that vanitygen'd "1cypher".  i dumped the current wallet using 8989 but this isn't a wallet that ever had "1cypher".  but the remnants must be somewhere in this OS if you're correct about how vanitygen leaving traces of the address that can be recovered.  

for the life of me though, i can't get the right combination of commands to "recover" the privkey from this.  not a frequent command line user:

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

any further suggestions?

"pywallet.py --web" and then navigate to http://localhost:8989/, work with the entire pub key to find it "1cypherEucdwyZ8Xn84M8qUscjBXnWGZA"

This tool never failed me once and I thank jackjack for making it.

it doesn't appear that the web gui can recover a lone privkey if it's not in a wallet.  ie, it doesn't have the recovery feature.

i'm hoping the privkey is somewhere on this C: drive since it was generated on this machine.

[Raoul Duke]

ok, installed python 2.7, twisted, and zope-interface.

how do i install pywallet, then run it on the C:drive?

download pywallet.py from github and run it from the windows command line.

Yup

Code:

wget "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wmXTdQrf" -O pywallet_2.1.0b4.py

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

i should be able to get this to work.  i've installed all the tools for pywallet onto the exact windows computer that vanitygen'd "1cypher".  i dumped the current wallet using 8989 but this isn't a wallet that ever had "1cypher".  but the remnants must be somewhere in this OS if you're correct about how vanitygen leaving traces of the address that can be recovered. 

for the life of me though, i can't get the right combination of commands to "recover" the privkey from this.  not a frequent command line user:

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

any further suggestions?

1- Download pywallet_2.1.0b4.py to C:\   ^*
2- Create a dir named "recovered" on C:\  ^*

Code:

cd c:
python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go --recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"

^* It's a terrible idea to write files to the disk from where you want to recover lost wallets/private keys, but being it a VM I don't see any other way.

[cypherdoc]

ok, installed python 2.7, twisted, and zope-interface.

how do i install pywallet, then run it on the C:drive?

download pywallet.py from github and run it from the windows command line.

Yup

Code:

wget "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wmXTdQrf" -O pywallet_2.1.0b4.py

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

i should be able to get this to work.  i've installed all the tools for pywallet onto the exact windows computer that vanitygen'd "1cypher".  i dumped the current wallet using 8989 but this isn't a wallet that ever had "1cypher".  but the remnants must be somewhere in this OS if you're correct about how vanitygen leaving traces of the address that can be recovered.  

for the life of me though, i can't get the right combination of commands to "recover" the privkey from this.  not a frequent command line user:

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

any further suggestions?

1- Download pywallet_2.1.0b4.py to C:\   ^*
2- Create a dir named "recovered" on C:\  ^*

Code:

cd c:
python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go --recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"

^* It's a terrible idea to write files to the disk from where you want to recover lost wallets/private keys, but being it a VM I don't see any other way.

i remembered incorrectly.  it was not generated on a vm.  

i am now on the exact Windows machine i generated "1cypher" on last year so if a privkey remnant is stored somewhere in the hard drive as jackjack suggests, then it should be here.

having said that, here is what i get when i execute your command:

Code:

C:\>python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go
 --recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"
'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>

edit:  i originally installed pywallet to the Downloads folder but dragged it over to C: just b/c it didn't run when i initially directed it at Downloads.

[paraipan]

ok, installed python 2.7, twisted, and zope-interface.

how do i install pywallet, then run it on the C:drive?

download pywallet.py from github and run it from the windows command line.

Yup

Code:

wget "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wmXTdQrf" -O pywallet_2.1.0b4.py

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

i should be able to get this to work.  i've installed all the tools for pywallet onto the exact windows computer that vanitygen'd "1cypher".  i dumped the current wallet using 8989 but this isn't a wallet that ever had "1cypher".  but the remnants must be somewhere in this OS if you're correct about how vanitygen leaving traces of the address that can be recovered.  

for the life of me though, i can't get the right combination of commands to "recover" the privkey from this.  not a frequent command line user:

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

any further suggestions?

1- Download pywallet_2.1.0b4.py to C:\   ^*
2- Create a dir named "recovered" on C:\  ^*

Code:

cd c:
python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go --recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"

^* It's a terrible idea to write files to the disk from where you want to recover lost wallets/private keys, but being it a VM I don't see any other way.

i remembered incorrectly.  it was not generated on a vm.  

i am now on the exact Windows machine i generated "1cypher" on last year so if a privkey remnant is stored somewhere in the hard drive as jackjack suggests, then it should be here.

having said that, here is what i get when i execute your command:

Code:

C:\>python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go
 --recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"
'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>

edit:  i originally installed pywallet to the Downloads folder but dragged it over to C: just b/c it didn't run when i initially directed it at Downloads.

Your best bet is to work with the "wallet.dat" that once contained the priv key. Like psy previously said the C: drive was probably rewritten so you wouldn't have a chance of getting anything.

How about the Armory wallet? You imported the priv key with it?

[cypherdoc]

ok, installed python 2.7, twisted, and zope-interface.

how do i install pywallet, then run it on the C:drive?

download pywallet.py from github and run it from the windows command line.

Yup

Code:

wget "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wmXTdQrf" -O pywallet_2.1.0b4.py

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

i should be able to get this to work.  i've installed all the tools for pywallet onto the exact windows computer that vanitygen'd "1cypher".  i dumped the current wallet using 8989 but this isn't a wallet that ever had "1cypher".  but the remnants must be somewhere in this OS if you're correct about how vanitygen leaving traces of the address that can be recovered.  

for the life of me though, i can't get the right combination of commands to "recover" the privkey from this.  not a frequent command line user:

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .

any further suggestions?

1- Download pywallet_2.1.0b4.py to C:\   ^*
2- Create a dir named "recovered" on C:\  ^*

Code:

cd c:
python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go --recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"

^* It's a terrible idea to write files to the disk from where you want to recover lost wallets/private keys, but being it a VM I don't see any other way.

i remembered incorrectly.  it was not generated on a vm.  

i am now on the exact Windows machine i generated "1cypher" on last year so if a privkey remnant is stored somewhere in the hard drive as jackjack suggests, then it should be here.

having said that, here is what i get when i execute your command:

Code:

C:\>python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go
 --recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"
'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>

edit:  i originally installed pywallet to the Downloads folder but dragged it over to C: just b/c it didn't run when i initially directed it at Downloads.

Your best bet is to work with the "wallet.dat" that once contained the priv key. Like psy previously said the C: drive was probably rewritten so you wouldn't have a chance of getting anything.

How about the Armory wallet? You imported the priv key with it?

actually i think the opposite.

i already dumped the keys twice, once using linux and once using 8989 in Windows, from this wallet.dat using jackjack's tool but it's not in there despite "1cypher..." being in there.  i think Armory extracts the privkey permanently.

seems my only chance is to recover it from somewhere on the hard drive.  remember, this hard drive has NOT been overwritten since the privkey was generated.  it is a Windows system on a Mac booted thru BootCamp.

jackjack's 8989 tool doesn't have a disk recovery mode.  and i can't seem to get the command line argument to work right despite installing python, twisted, zope-interface, pywallet, etc and using psy's/jackjacks commands.  it's probably some simple command line error i'm making.  i'm making sure all those tools are in the same folder along with a new directory called "recovery" when i run the command but nothing happens.  it just flips me back to the same command prompt.

edit:  just got this response from etotheipi:

" Nothing is stopping you from doing that.  The key data doesn't actually leave the original wallet.  It's just copied."

 

[jackjack]

What is the output of the following?

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go --recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"

[Raoul Duke]

What is the output of the following?

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go --recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"

Code:

C:\>python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go
 --recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"
'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>

[jackjack]

Thanks, I can't even read...

Try this then

Code:

pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go --recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"

" Nothing is stopping you from doing that.  The key data doesn't actually leave the original wallet.  It's just copied."

Yeah pretty much what I thought.

[cypherdoc]

Thanks, I can't even read...

Try this then

Code:

pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go --recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"

" Nothing is stopping you from doing that.  The key data doesn't actually leave the original wallet.  It's just copied."

Yeah pretty much what I thought.

where do i find pycrypto and libssl?

Code:

C:\Python27>pywallet.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go --reco
v_outputdir "C:\recovered"
WARNING:root:pycrypto or libssl not found, decryption may be slow
Can't open C:, check the path or try as root

C:\Python27>

[jackjack]

I think you can google them to find them but the problem here is not pycrypto or libssl

What you need to do is running the console as an administrator
Do this:

Then right click on cmd, Run as administrator

[cypherdoc]

I think you can google them to find them but the problem here is not pycrypto or libssl

What you need to do is running the console as an administrator
Do this:

Then right click on cmd, Run as administrator

still no go.

[vokain]

The hard drive data might be irrecoverable, but perhaps the thumb driives aren't? Maybe more efforts need to be centered in searching for the missing drives at this point.