Where did my BTC go?

[smoblikat]

So i wanted to trade in my BTC for a gift card, so i withdrew all my coins to my receiving adress. Then i open up bitcoin.exe and it shows that my address for receiving coins is completely different, i researched it a little and found out that it changes and that i should be able to see my old address in my receiving address list. Well i formatted my computer a month ago, but im still using the same .exe as before, and now when i check my receiving address list my old address (that i use with bitcoin market and deepbit) isnt even in teh list, did i just loose all of my BTC or is there a way to access my old address?

[1714935385]

1714935385

[1714935385]

1714935385

[krzynek1]

the adresses are related to your bitcoin wallet

and wallet is the only thing that matters, not bitcoin executable

[smoblikat]

the adresses are related to your bitcoin wallet

and wallet is the only thing that matters, not bitcoin executable

I dont think i have the wallet for my old address? Where is it located? If i dont have the wallet did i just send all my BTC to an address that doesnt exist?

[krzynek1]

your information from 1st post shows that you formated your hdd

and if you didnt backup your wallet.dat from dir described in bitcoin faq

Windows

Go to Start -> Run (or press WinKey+R) and run this:

explorer %APPDATA%\BitCoin

BitCoin's data folder will open. For most users, this is the following locations:

C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application data\BitCoin (XP)

C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\BitCoin (Vista and 7)

"AppData" and "Application data" are hidden by default.

than you will never have that money again  

edit

wait, u said that you sended money to some other address, which is related to old bitcoin install or the new ?

[smoblikat]

that sucks, but i hope other people see this and backup their wallets, im really upset with myself but i didnt know/think about it so i guess i cant be too mad. Though i just lost alsmost 200$

Im going to quit bitcoins now..........bye

[Smalleyster]

that sucks, but i hope other people see this and backup their wallets, im really upset with myself but i didnt know/think about it so i guess i cant be too mad. Though i just lost alsmost 200$

Im going to quit bitcoins now..........bye

And this is why you test new things *slowly* with small slivers of your funds.

Hell for $200 I would have gladly taught you how to do it securely.

[Not Drinking The Kool-Aid]

Sad story

[Maged]

If your hard drive was big enough, there's a small chance that the bitcoins can still be recovered. Stop using that hard drive immediately, and try this:
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=25091.0