Partially Recovered 2 Wallets.. I need my Private Key(s)! Tried everything!

[Fringo]

I had used "Recuva" to partially recover 2 wallet.dat files. When they showed up in Recuva it said "Unrecoverable" but I tried to anyways and it said they were able to partially recover them both and sent them to my desktop. I've googled multiple ways to get the private key back, and most google searches led me to this website and multiple threads on here. I've downloaded PyWallet and had no luck with that but maybe there is something else I could try on it that I missed before?

I also have a bootable System Rescue CD on my USB but I have no idea what to do on there once I have it booted up. I checked this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=25091.20 and was having issues with some of the command lines not working and giving me errors. I have about $8000 locked up in these wallets and I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me out and get the private keys from them. It would make this Christmas a lot better! Lol, thank you

[Martijnvdc]

I PM'ed you. I run Arch Linux so i can run that tool for you.

[rarkenin]

I PM'ed you. I run Arch Linux so i can run that tool for you.

Having a stranger run a tool that can recover keys given your data poses the risk that your would-be rescuer may abscond with the keys and steal your money.

[Fringo]

Yeah.. No offense but I can't really just trust random people I've never met unless they are vouched for by multiple people. Nothing against you at all and I appreciate your help if you are genuine, I'm just not willing to risk losing that much money. Could anyone help me out here, troubleshoot with me? lol

[Martijnvdc]

I very much understand.
Can you tell me which errors you are getting on the command line?

[Fringo]

Thanks for understanding.

I follow this https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=25091.0


After I type this "sudo ./wallet-recover-0.3-linux/bin/32/wallet-recover /dev/sda recovered-wallet.dat"
Terminal responds with:

zsh: correct 'sudo' to '_sudo' [nyae]?

If I press y: _arguments:comparguments:312:can only be called from completion function
If I press n: zsh: command not found : sudo

[Martijnvdc]

You probably already have root priveleges as you are running a rescue cd.
Type "whoami", if it says "root", you can drop the "sudo" from that line.
If it doesn't say "root", you'll have to install the sudo package.

[Fringo]

Type "whoami" after I do all the other steps including installing this?


wget http://www.makomk.com/~aidan/wallet-recover-0.3-linux.tar.gz
tar xzf wallet-recover-0.3-linux.tar.gz


Also do I type all of that in one line? What is the bottom part for "tar xzf wallet-recover-0.3-linux.tar.gz"

Thank you for your help!

[eternaluniverse]

There are reputable services who do this but they take a % of the wallet. If you can't figure this out yourself I can point you into the direction of one of those businesses.

[Martijnvdc]

Type "whoami" after I do all the other steps including installing this?


wget http://www.makomk.com/~aidan/wallet-recover-0.3-linux.tar.gz
tar xzf wallet-recover-0.3-linux.tar.gz


Also do I type all of that in one line? What is the bottom part for "tar xzf wallet-recover-0.3-linux.tar.gz"

Thank you for your help!

the first line downloads a compressed file.
the second line uncompresses that file into a folder
you can type "whoami" whenever you want. It'll tell you what user you are. If it's root, you don't have to type the "sudo"

[Martijnvdc]

sudo ./wallet-recover-0.3-linux/bin/32/wallet-recover /dev/sda recovered-wallet.dat
this line executes the program as root; it scans the drive "/dev/sda" for public/private keys.
It will dump whatever keys it finds (ALL over that hard drive), and stores them into a recovered wallet file.
also, PM me your skype/msn/whatever. I can help you much faster that way