And you should definitely let us know if you really found a way out of these or not to recover your BTC, else we are all wasting our time here.
AlexBuckland already asked the same question in the Electrum board two-weeks ago and received enough valid suggestions and answers already.
He posted a
questionable .rar archieve and deleted it as instructed by mocacinno.
So by repeating the same thread and posting it here in Beginners and Help (
where there are lots of newbies),
it raised a
red flag.
Here's the previous thread and the replies.
If he tries to post or PM you with the alleged "
wallet.dat" and the passphrase,
do not download it!
@
AlexBuckland If you're legit, try installing the old versions of Electrum back when it generates electrum.dat (
or any name.dat) file instead of default_wallet.
Download the old version
here: download.electrum.org, switch-off your network adapter and open your
copied wallet.dat (
make a backup because electrum sometimes modifies the file after opening).
If successful, extract the SEED and restore it to the latest version of Electrum.
Off-topic but newbies! take note: Keep away from Velkro's links in his Signature,
it's a scam!