I need Help finding or recovering bitcoins off an old hard drive

[SheriffBass]

so I'm down to only one error msg!
syntaxerror: invalid syntax
>>>C:\users\PCname\desktop\jackjack.js
file "<stdin>" line 1
hope to resolve this one last obstacle soon!!

BTW: A fellow from the community here offered to help me step by step, hope he can solve it with me.
Thanks in advance Avast12.

[bob123]

Where does the javascript file jackjack.js come from ?
And how do you call it ? Via double-click or command line ?

I hope you two get it fixed.

But do not share any sensitive information with anyone! Avast12 changed his password last week.
Doesn't have to mean something.. but better be safe than sorry.

[SheriffBass]

Where does the javascript file jackjack.js come from ?
And how do you call it ? Via double-click or command line ?

I hope you two get it fixed.

But do not share any sensitive information with anyone! Avast12 changed his password last week.
Doesn't have to mean something.. but better be safe than sorry.

I get this error when I drag and drop the Jackjack file into python!

If I copy and paste the script into python it takes a few seconds filling in all the lines then disappear/ close on its own!
 Reading the first few lines of the code it refers to python 2.2 I have 2.7, is this wrong? did I download the wrong one?
Avast12 insists on finding wallet.dat via recovery software, which I’ve been trying for a few month now on and off so that’s a no go!!
I thought jackjack bypass the wallet file and get to the keys, am I wrong?
Last question does Jackjack look into windows backup/ restore files as well??

[bob123]

I get this error when I drag and drop the Jackjack file into python!

But where did you get the file from ?
The .js extension means it is a javascript file. But pywallet is a python (.py file).

Reading the first few lines of the code it refers to python 2.2 I have 2.7, is this wrong? did I download the wrong one?

No, python 2.7 is correct.

I thought jackjack bypass the wallet file and get to the keys, am I wrong?

Yes, you can give pywallet a drive to search for possible private keys.

Last question does Jackjack look into windows backup/ restore files as well??

It looks wherever you want it to look at. Usually you just give it a whole drive / partition as  parameter with the --recover and --recov_device parameter


Can you verify that you have downloaded pywallet.py from https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet/blob/master/pywallet.py ?

[SheriffBass]

I get this error when I drag and drop the Jackjack file into python!

But where did you get the file from ?
The .js extension means it is a javascript file. But pywallet is a python (.py file).
u r right, sorry I didn't know that I'm supposed to start it from cmd!! that's how little I know about any of this.

Reading the first few lines of the code it refers to python 2.2 I have 2.7, is this wrong? did I download the wrong one?

No, python 2.7 is correct.

I thought jackjack bypass the wallet file and get to the keys, am I wrong?

Yes, you can give pywallet a drive to search for possible private keys.

Last question does Jackjack look into windows backup/ restore files as well??

It looks wherever you want it to look at. Usually you just give it a whole drive / partition as  parameter with the --recover and --recov_device parameter
I will have to learn how to set parameters and target drives too when I get it running.


Can you verify that you have downloaded pywallet.py from https://github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet/blob/master/pywallet.py ?

yes it's downloaded, I didn't know that pip is the magic word for everything python!!
I met with someone Tuesday that helped me download ecdsa, and pycrypto however ran out of time at the bsddb3 ( Error: cannot find a version that satisfy the request) I tried as well with no luck however finally managed to install bsddb (without the 3)

now up against another long error has to do with sha256!  fatal error cannot open include file: stdint.h no such file or directory!!

our forum friend Avast12 suggests I enable windows optional feature online windows subsystem Linux however I can't do that either!!!
every time I feel so close I find out I'm so far!!
using windows makes us too spoiled/ dependent on the machine click= result.
a whole new found appreciation and respect to programmers and developers.

[SheriffBass]

You should boot the computer from.a.USB drive and then run a tool called pywallet, it will go through your drive on sector level and find possible wallet files, encrypted keys or unencrypted keys, even if the files afe deleted.

You just need to install python and required libs.

pywallet could be find on github and its open source.

/KX

@OP,
If you decide to go through this suggestion, please beware about the risks here if you download it from an unofficial source

Please use GitHub only for this -

https://github.com/pywallet/PyWallet?files=1

Bitcoin wallet importer/exporter by jackjack-jj

pywallet-win-files (probably Windows related files as they're in .bat format by jackjack-jj

Hope this helps you get back your BTC.

oh, thank you,
are these the files that may help with all the problems I'm having??

[SheriffBass]

so i've been stuck at this for a week now!!

C:\Users\Hoss>pip install pywallet
DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 will reach the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 won't be maintained after that date. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.7. More details about Python 2 support in pip, can be found at https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development/release-process/#python-2-support
Collecting pywallet
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.8.0 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pywallet) (1.12.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pycryptodome>=3.6.6 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pywallet) (3.8.2)
Collecting two1>=3.10.8 (from pywallet)
Requirement already satisfied: base58>=0.2.2 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pywallet) (0.2.2)
Requirement already satisfied: ecdsa>=0.11 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pywallet) (0.13.2)
Requirement already satisfied: pexpect in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (4.7.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pyyaml in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (5.1.1)
Requirement already satisfied: flake8 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (3.7.
Requirement already satisfied: jsonrpcserver==3.1.1 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (3.1.1)
Collecting sha256 (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet)
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/04/98/e2d70dc0af14a35ee62c5f6146120f8735e43e1de5daf633c61a2cdd8e67/sha256-0.1.tar.gz
Requirement already satisfied: pyaes in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (1.6.1)
Requirement already satisfied: arrow in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (0.14.4)
Requirement already satisfied: requests<=2.11.1 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (2.11.1)
Requirement already satisfied: pytest in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (4.6.4)
Requirement already satisfied: mnemonic==0.13 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (0.13)
Requirement already satisfied: path.py in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (11.5.2)
Collecting tabulate (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet)
Requirement already satisfied: docker-py==1.8.0 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (1.8.0)
Requirement already satisfied: click==6.6 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (6.6)
Requirement already satisfied: jsonrpcclient==2.0.1 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (2.0.1)
Requirement already satisfied: protobuf==3.0.0a3 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (3.0.0a3)
Requirement already satisfied: ptyprocess>=0.5 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pexpect->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (0.6.0)
Requirement already satisfied: entrypoints<0.4.0,>=0.3.0 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from flake8->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (0.3)
Requirement already satisfied: configparser; python_version < "3.2" in c:\users\hoss\appdata\roaming\python\python27\site-packages (from flake8->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (3.7.4)
Requirement already satisfied: pycodestyle<2.6.0,>=2.5.0 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from flake8->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (2.5.0)
Requirement already satisfied: functools32; python_version < "3.2" in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from flake8->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (3.2.3.post2)
Requirement already satisfied: typing; python_version < "3.5" in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from flake8->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (3.7.4)
Requirement already satisfied: enum34; python_version < "3.4" in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from flake8->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (1.1.6)
Requirement already satisfied: pyflakes<2.2.0,>=2.1.0 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from flake8->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (2.1.1)
Requirement already satisfied: mccabe<0.7.0,>=0.6.0 in c:\users\hoss\appdata\roaming\python\python27\site-packages (from flake8->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (0.6.1)
Requirement already satisfied: funcsigs in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from jsonrpcserver==3.1.1->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (1.0.2)
Requirement already satisfied: jsonschema in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from jsonrpcserver==3.1.1->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (3.0.1)
Requirement already satisfied: backports.functools-lru-cache>=1.2.1; python_version == "2.7" in c:\users\hoss\appdata\roaming\python\python27\site-packages (from arrow->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (1.5)
Requirement already satisfied: python-dateutil in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from arrow->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (2.8.0)
Requirement already satisfied: packaging in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pytest->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (19.1)
Requirement already satisfied: importlib-metadata>=0.12 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pytest->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (0.19)
Requirement already satisfied: pluggy<1.0,>=0.12 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pytest->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (0.12.0)
Requirement already satisfied: attrs>=17.4.0 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pytest->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (19.1.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pathlib2>=2.2.0; python_version < "3.6" in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pytest->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (2.3.4)
Requirement already satisfied: py>=1.5.0 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pytest->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (1.8.0)
Requirement already satisfied: atomicwrites>=1.0 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pytest->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (1.3.0)
Requirement already satisfied: wcwidth in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pytest->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (0.1.7)
Requirement already satisfied: colorama; sys_platform == "win32" in c:\users\hoss\appdata\roaming\python\python27\site-packages (from pytest->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (0.4.1)
Requirement already satisfied: more-itertools<6.0.0,>=4.0.0; python_version <= "2.7" in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pytest->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (5.0.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pbkdf2 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from mnemonic==0.13->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (1.3)
Requirement already satisfied: py2-ipaddress>=3.4.1; python_version < "3" in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from docker-py==1.8.0->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (3.4.1)
Requirement already satisfied: websocket-client>=0.32.0 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from docker-py==1.8.0->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (0.56.0)
Requirement already satisfied: future in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from jsonrpcclient==2.0.1->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (0.17.1)
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from protobuf==3.0.0a3->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (40.6.2)
Requirement already satisfied: pyrsistent>=0.14.0 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from jsonschema->jsonrpcserver==3.1.1->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (0.15.4)
Requirement already satisfied: pyparsing>=2.0.2 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from packaging->pytest->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (2.4.1.1)
Requirement already satisfied: zipp>=0.5 in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from importlib-metadata>=0.12->pytest->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (0.5.2)
Requirement already satisfied: contextlib2; python_version < "3" in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from importlib-metadata>=0.12->pytest->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (0.5.5)
Requirement already satisfied: scandir; python_version < "3.5" in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (from pathlib2>=2.2.0; python_version < "3.6"->pytest->two1>=3.10.8->pywallet) (1.10.0)
Building wheels for collected packages: sha256
  Building wheel for sha256 (setup.py) ... error
  ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
   command: 'c:\python27\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'c:\\users\\hoss\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-fib0vz\\sha256\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'c:\\users\\hoss\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-fib0vz\\sha256\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d 'c:\users\hoss\appdata\local\temp\pip-wheel-4nvfv1' --python-tag cp27
       cwd: c:\users\hoss\appdata\local\temp\pip-install-fib0vz\sha256\
  Complete output (11 lines):
  running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_ext
  building 'sha256' extension
  creating build
  creating build\temp.win-amd64-2.7
  creating build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release
  C:\Users\Hoss\AppData\Local\Programs\Common\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\amd64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3 /GS- /DNDEBUG -Ic:\python27\include -Ic:\python27\PC /Tcsha256.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\sha256.obj
  sha256.c
  sha256.c(255) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'stdint.h': No such file or directory
  error: command 'C:\\Users\\Hoss\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Common\\Microsoft\\Visual C++ for Python\\9.0\\VC\\Bin\\amd64\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
  ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for sha256
  Running setup.py clean for sha256
Failed to build sha256
Installing collected packages: sha256, tabulate, two1, pywallet
  Running setup.py install for sha256 ... error
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'c:\python27\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'c:\\users\\hoss\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-fib0vz\\sha256\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'c:\\users\\hoss\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-fib0vz\\sha256\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'c:\users\hoss\appdata\local\temp\pip-record-5cremh\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile
         cwd: c:\users\hoss\appdata\local\temp\pip-install-fib0vz\sha256\
    Complete output (11 lines):
    running install
    running build
    running build_ext
    building 'sha256' extension
    creating build
    creating build\temp.win-amd64-2.7
    creating build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release
    C:\Users\Hoss\AppData\Local\Programs\Common\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\amd64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3 /GS- /DNDEBUG -Ic:\python27\include -Ic:\python27\PC /Tcsha256.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\sha256.obj
    sha256.c
    sha256.c(255) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'stdint.h': No such file or directory
    error: command 'C:\\Users\\Hoss\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Common\\Microsoft\\Visual C++ for Python\\9.0\\VC\\Bin\\amd64\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'c:\python27\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'c:\\users\\hoss\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-fib0vz\\sha256\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'c:\\users\\hoss\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-fib0vz\\sha256\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'c:\users\hoss\appdata\local\temp\pip-record-5cremh\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile Check the logs for full command output.



trying to install sha256 but don't know how!
don't know what else i should download/ do!!
help please???
Thank you all.

[bartekjagoda]

so i've been stuck at this for a week now!!

    creating build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release
    C:\Users\Hoss\AppData\Local\Programs\Common\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\amd64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3 /GS- /DNDEBUG -Ic:\python27\include -Ic:\python27\PC /Tcsha256.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\sha256.obj
    sha256.c
    sha256.c(255) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'stdint.h': No such file or directory
    error: command 'C:\\Users\\Hoss\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Common\\Microsoft\\Visual C++ for Python\\9.0\\VC\\Bin\\amd64\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'c:\python27\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'c:\\users\\hoss\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-fib0vz\\sha256\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'c:\\users\\hoss\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-fib0vz\\sha256\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'c:\users\hoss\appdata\local\temp\pip-record-5cremh\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile Check the logs for full command output.

trying to install sha256 but don't know how!
don't know what else i should download/ do!!
help please???
Thank you all.

The failure seems to be on Visual C++, I would recommend a clean install, maybe create a VM or USB boot stick and start over. Its really simple to install above libs.

[WhyFhy]

Why dont you get someone on here thats trusted to help you out via team viewer offer them a %.
I imagine if you bought it in its infancy you have a pretty good amount.
I only suggest this because you mentioned you where not very proficient and sometimes this stuff can be complicated on windows.
Be careful who you pick to help on this.

[SheriffBass]

Why dont you get someone on here thats trusted to help you out via team viewer offer them a %.
I imagine if you bought it in its infancy you have a pretty good amount.
I only suggest this because you mentioned you where not very proficient and sometimes this stuff can be complicated on windows.
Be careful who you pick to help on this.

What is team viewer?? This sounds intriguing 🤔

BTW I didn’t say not proficient!! I totally don’t know anything about python, thought I can manage to install/run the program on my own, when/ if I find the coins then I certainly would give someone a sizable thank you gift/ token of appreciation for the actual recovery to use in a new wallet.

[WhyFhy]

Why dont you get someone on here thats trusted to help you out via team viewer offer them a %.
I imagine if you bought it in its infancy you have a pretty good amount.
I only suggest this because you mentioned you where not very proficient and sometimes this stuff can be complicated on windows.
Be careful who you pick to help on this.

What is team viewer?? This sounds intriguing 🤔

BTW I didn’t say not proficient!! I totally don’t know anything about python, thought I can manage to install/run the program on my own, when/ if I find the coins then I certainly would give someone a sizable thank you gift/ token of appreciation for the actual recovery to use in a new wallet.

""I am very primitive when it comes to computers do not know coding, Python or any other PC language just a simple Windows operator!""

I dont know how I was supposed to interpret that and my apologies,
Team viewer is a remote access gui based tool that agreed upon parties can gain access to your system while you watch them work/configure/fix.
It looks a lot like a ghost is using your computer when its in use.

[LoyceV]

What is team viewer?? This sounds intriguing 🤔

If you find a private key that way, the person with remote access will instantly see your private key on his screen. Be very careful who you trust!

[WhyFhy]

What is team viewer?? This sounds intriguing 🤔

If you find a private key that way, the person with remote access will instantly see your private key on his screen. Be very careful who you trust!

I would like to add that LoyceV would be a great option to help you out. Loyce if you get a piece of the pie shoot me a crumb
Im not remoting with "anyone" i have trust issues.

I second that and say it again BE CAREFULL! maybe consult here about who your trusting with said task first.

[LoyceV]

I would like to add that LoyceV would be a great option to help you out.

I would if I could, but I have no experience with either pywallet or team viewer.

[HCP]

so i've been stuck at this for a week now!!
...
trying to install sha256 but don't know how!
don't know what else i should download/ do!!
help please???
Thank you all.

Maybe try using the .exe installer for Pywallet... as per the instructions here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34028.0

Installation:
Linux/OSX: See README file
Windows:
Download https://github.com/downloads/jackjack-jj/pywallet/PWI_0.0.3.exe (SHA256: 645a4d092733ad6685de730a38b210c6594e44a15690a87a231859477deca316)
Run it
Click about a thousand times on Yes/Next/I Agree/OK
Go to the directory where you extracted it and run pywallet.bat
http://localhost:8989

NOTE: do not bother with the .bat file and using the web interface... it's no good for what you want.

That should install all the bits and pieces that you need to have pywallet.py installed somewhere on your system... you should then be able to use "python pywallet.py [blah blah blah]" as required. I have successfully used this installer on Windows 10 to setup pywallet.

Note, the installer is in French... so here are some screenshots with notes:


You should see a cmd window like this popup:


Then you should see WGET start:


Now you can click "Next", "Next", "Next".... "Install", then "Finish". You'll see a bunch more commands in the commandline box and then it should close.

Now open the commandline to the install directory that you put in Step 1. above and run "install.bat"... you'll see a bunch of commandsline execute and then you will see pywallet.py in the "dir" listing:


Following that, you should be able to run pywallet.py... you can safely ignore the warning about pycrypto and libssl...



If you are still getting errors about modules/libraries OTHER than pycrypto or libssl, then there is a good chance that you have not installed Python 2.7 correctly (or perhaps your %PATH% is not set correctly).

[SheriffBass]

so i've been stuck at this for a week now!!
...
trying to install sha256 but don't know how!
don't know what else i should download/ do!!
help please???
Thank you all.

Maybe try using the .exe installer for Pywallet... as per the instructions here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34028.0

Installation:
Linux/OSX: See README file
Windows:
Download https[Suspicious link removed] (SHA256: 645a4d092733ad6685de730a38b210c6594e44a15690a87a231859477deca316)
Run it
Click about a thousand times on Yes/Next/I Agree/OK
Go to the directory where you extracted it and run pywallet.bat
http://localhost:8989

NOTE: do not bother with the .bat file and using the web interface... it's no good for what you want.

That should install all the bits and pieces that you need to have pywallet.py installed somewhere on your system... you should then be able to use "python pywallet.py [blah blah blah]" as required. I have successfully used this installer on Windows 10 to setup pywallet.

Note, the installer is in French... so here are some screenshots with notes:


You should see a cmd window like this popup:


Then you should see WGET start:


Now you can click "Next", "Next", "Next".... "Install", then "Finish". You'll see a bunch more commands in the commandline box and then it should close.

Now open the commandline to the install directory that you put in Step 1. above and run "install.bat"... you'll see a bunch of commandsline execute and then you will see pywallet.py in the "dir" listing:


Following that, you should be able to run pywallet.py... you can safely ignore the warning about pycrypto and libssl...



If you are still getting errors about modules/libraries OTHER than pycrypto or libssl, then there is a good chance that you have not installed Python 2.7 correctly (or perhaps your %PATH% is not set correctly).

Funny i installed this on Monday:

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 780 [text/plain]
Saving to: `update.bat'

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C:\Users\Hoss>update.bat

C:\Users\Hoss>if AMD64 == x86 set arch=

C:\Users\Hoss>if AMD64 == AMD64 set arch= (x86)

C:\Users\Hoss>if AMD64 == IA64 set arch= (x86)

C:\Users\Hoss>del pywallet.py
Could Not Find C:\Users\Hoss\pywallet.py

C:\Users\Hoss>"C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe" https://raw.github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet/master/pywallet.py --no-check-certificate
SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc
syswgetrc = C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32/etc/wgetrc
--2019-08-12 15:35:32--  https://raw.github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet/master/pywallet.py
Resolving raw.github.com... 151.101.0.133, 151.101.64.133, 151.101.128.133, ...
Connecting to raw.github.com|151.101.0.133|:443... connected.
WARNING: cannot verify raw.github.com's certificate, issued by `/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA':
  Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority.
WARNING: certificate common name `www.github.com' doesn't match requested host name `raw.github.com'.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet/master/pywallet.py [following]
--2019-08-12 15:35:32--  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet/master/pywallet.py
Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com... 151.101.0.133, 151.101.64.133, 151.101.128.133, ...
Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com|151.101.0.133|:443... connected.
WARNING: cannot verify raw.githubusercontent.com's certificate, issued by `/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA':
  Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority.
WARNING: certificate common name `www.github.com' doesn't match requested host name `raw.githubusercontent.com'.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 345092 (337K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `pywallet.py'

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C:\Users\Hoss>del pywallet.bat
Could Not Find C:\Users\Hoss\pywallet.bat

C:\Users\Hoss>"C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe" https://raw.github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet-win-files/master/pywallet.bat --no-check-certificate
SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc
syswgetrc = C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32/etc/wgetrc
--2019-08-12 15:35:32--  https://raw.github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet-win-files/master/pywallet.bat
Resolving raw.github.com... 151.101.0.133, 151.101.64.133, 151.101.128.133, ...
Connecting to raw.github.com|151.101.0.133|:443... connected.
WARNING: cannot verify raw.github.com's certificate, issued by `/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA':
  Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority.
WARNING: certificate common name `www.github.com' doesn't match requested host name `raw.github.com'.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet-win-files/master/pywallet.bat [following]
--2019-08-12 15:35:33--  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet-win-files/master/pywallet.bat
Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com... 151.101.0.133, 151.101.64.133, 151.101.128.133, ...
Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com|151.101.0.133|:443... connected.
WARNING: cannot verify raw.githubusercontent.com's certificate, issued by `/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA':
  Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority.
WARNING: certificate common name `www.github.com' doesn't match requested host name `raw.githubusercontent.com'.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 32 [text/plain]
Saving to: `pywallet.bat'

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C:\Users\Hoss>del install.bat
Could Not Find C:\Users\Hoss\install.bat

C:\Users\Hoss>"C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe" https://raw.github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet-win-files/master/install.bat --no-check-certificate
SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc
syswgetrc = C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32/etc/wgetrc
--2019-08-12 15:35:33--  https://raw.github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet-win-files/master/install.bat
Resolving raw.github.com... 151.101.0.133, 151.101.64.133, 151.101.128.133, ...
Connecting to raw.github.com|151.101.0.133|:443... connected.
WARNING: cannot verify raw.github.com's certificate, issued by `/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA':
  Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority.
WARNING: certificate common name `www.github.com' doesn't match requested host name `raw.github.com'.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet-win-files/master/install.bat [following]
--2019-08-12 15:35:33--  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet-win-files/master/install.bat
Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com... 151.101.0.133, 151.101.64.133, 151.101.128.133, ...
Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com|151.101.0.133|:443... connected.
WARNING: cannot verify raw.githubusercontent.com's certificate, issued by `/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA':
  Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority.
WARNING: certificate common name `www.github.com' doesn't match requested host name `raw.githubusercontent.com'.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1943 (1.9K) [text/plain]
Saving to: `install.bat'

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C:\Users\Hoss>del update.bat   & "C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe" https://raw.github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet-win-files/master/update.bat --no-check-certificate
SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc
syswgetrc = C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32/etc/wgetrc
--2019-08-12 15:35:33--  https://raw.github.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet-win-files/master/update.bat
Resolving raw.github.com... 151.101.0.133, 151.101.64.133, 151.101.128.133, ...
Connecting to raw.github.com|151.101.0.133|:443... connected.
WARNING: cannot verify raw.github.com's certificate, issued by `/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA':
  Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority.
WARNING: certificate common name `www.github.com' doesn't match requested host name `raw.github.com'.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet-win-files/master/update.bat [following]
--2019-08-12 15:35:34--  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jackjack-jj/pywallet-win-files/master/update.bat
Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com... 151.101.0.133, 151.101.64.133, 151.101.128.133, ...
Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com|151.101.0.133|:443... connected.
WARNING: cannot verify raw.githubusercontent.com's certificate, issued by `/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert SHA2 High Assurance Server CA':
  Unable to locally verify the issuer's authority.
WARNING: certificate common name `www.github.com' doesn't match requested host name `raw.githubusercontent.com'.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 780 [text/plain]
Saving to: `update.bat'

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C:\Users\Hoss>C:\Users\Hoss\Documents\pywallet-win-files-master\pywallet.bat

C:\Users\Hoss>pywallet.py --web --port 8989
2019-08-12 15:36:24-0700 [-] Log opened.
2019-08-12 15:36:24-0700 [-] Starting server: 2019-08-12 15:36:24.787000
2019-08-12 15:36:24-0700 [-] Site starting on 8989
2019-08-12 15:36:24-0700 [-] Starting factory <twisted.web.server.Site instance at 0x0000000004F993C8>



C:\Users\Hoss\Documents\pywallet-win-files-master>pywallet.py --web --port 8989
2019-08-12 16:00:19-0700 [-] Log opened.
2019-08-12 16:00:19-0700 [-] Starting server: 2019-08-12 16:00:19.899000
2019-08-12 16:00:19-0700 [-] Site starting on 8989
2019-08-12 16:00:19-0700 [-] Starting factory <twisted.web.server.Site instance at 0x0000000004ADD6C8>


exactly what u said happened, I tried to open port 8989 (didn't know how) on internet explorer but didn't work!!


tried pip install pywallet and the same error msg.!

ran it again today and opened port 8989 on chrome and voila, it's on: pywallet 2.2

now i just have to learn how to use it, change search directories to external drives to find deleted or hidden wallets, keys, passwords, locations........
thank you very much.

[SheriffBass]

HMM,

  so while testing the PYwallet2.2 program: when I run the import a read-only address in the info tab I get this address:

 1HT7xU2Ngenf7D4yocz2SAcnNLW7rK8d4E

which seems to be around for years: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1225430.msg12811008#msg12811008
when I run the key in the info tab get some info about one key I get the private key, hexprivkey, hash160, Pubkey aswell!!!
when I run it in print balance: it gets the exact balance off the blockchain!

I never downloaded this key to this computer, and don't even have a wallet here yet!!

I still need to learn how to make pywallet2.2 look else where beside the c:\ drive totally offline!!

[HCP]

I still need to learn how to make pywallet2.2 look else where beside the c:\ drive totally offline!!

I suggest you read some of the later posts (like the last 2 or 3 pages) in this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34028.640

As already mentioned, DON'T use the web interface. You need to use the commandline.

There are plenty examples of how to use PyWallet in "--recover" mode. The general format is:

Code:

python pywallet.py --recover --recov_size=XXX.XGio --recov_device X:\ --recov_outputdir X:\Where\to\put\found\stuff

Note that it uses "Gio" instead of GB for the size of the device to scan... and for anything larger than a USB stick of 4-8Gigs, you can expect to be waiting for hours and hours for the scan to finish. Scanning a full harddrive of several hundred gigs will likely take over a day.

[SheriffBass]

I still need to learn how to make pywallet2.2 look else where beside the c:\ drive totally offline!!

I suggest you read some of the later posts (like the last 2 or 3 pages) in this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=34028.640

As already mentioned, DON'T use the web interface. You need to use the commandline.

There are plenty examples of how to use PyWallet in "--recover" mode. The general format is:

Code:

python pywallet.py --recover --recov_size=XXX.XGio --recov_device X:\ --recov_outputdir X:\Where\to\put\found\stuff

Note that it uses "Gio" instead of GB for the size of the device to scan... and for anything larger than a USB stick of 4-8Gigs, you can expect to be waiting for hours and hours for the scan to finish. Scanning a full harddrive of several hundred gigs will likely take over a day.

Thank you Legendary HCP, I will certainly read ( the whole 33 pages) as I need to learn as much as I can, and screw up the least :-)

if you don't mind me asking why not use the web interface? is it complicated to use, not reliable, not secure, not as accurate?

when I run/ open the pywallet2.2 window I see all the commands I click on autowritten on the CMD aswell, ( I think).

the plan is once I have the software set up and running ( without the need to download/ update any more files) that PC will be permanently off line and searching for the wallet on an external drive for security reasons.

BTW, What do you think of this other tool:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=25091.msg702133#msg702133

is it safe, easy, accurate?
Thanks again,

[SheriffBass]

I'm currently compiling a list of all the possibly needed CMD commands to try them out (on a flash drive/ dummy HDD) in case I need any plugins, more pkg downloads before plugging in the old hard drive and going offline with the PC.

any tutorial  source/ how to videos (beside the readme file) with all these commands, and how to properly use them?

seems that what I found so far is targeting wallet.dat assuming I have it/ know where it is located on the HDD, but if it was deleted then what directory should I have pywallet look into?

and what file name ( if it doesn't exist anymore!!) with what commands?

intriguing to find the program looking for a hex format that's unique to bitcoin wallets however knowing how to make it work safely is a bit tricky!!

still slowly but surely a learning curve, but very exciting.