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January 31, 2012, 08:30:25 PM Last edit: February 02, 2012, 11:27:42 PM by deepceleron |
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You do not need to back up your wallet so often, it is counter-productive, as you have to completely close Bitcoin before accessing the file, and if you are replacing the old back up with your new copy you might mess up. As long as you have a backup or two of the wallet.dat that are safe, were made when Bitcoin was completely closed, and absolutely will be there if recovery is needed, the only time you need a newer one is after you have created several more addresses that weren't previously used (up to 100).
The wallet is portable, it can be placed on a different installation when Bitcoin is completely closed. It would be preferable to not download the blockchain to the newest block before putting a different wallet into place, as your current balance in the wallet file is updated as the blocks are received, and new payments may be missed, requiring you to run the bitcoin -rescan option to update to the correct balance.
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