JPoet (OP)
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July 24, 2014, 12:17:56 AM |
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Opened my Bitcoin wallet, got an error message that the chain was corrupt. Tried to fix and each time toward the end it havan I/O error. When I got to bitcoin.org none of the buttons work to download a new wallet. Any clues why this happened just a few days before everything was ok.
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byt411
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July 24, 2014, 02:06:50 AM |
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Possibly because your hard drive is failing and files are getting corrupt.
Redownload Bitcoin Core, it works for me. Or do rescan or reindex.
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JPoet (OP)
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July 24, 2014, 11:23:13 AM |
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Thanks, any idea how big the block chain is? I freed up space (had 9 gigs). Trying again.
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July 24, 2014, 12:19:16 PM |
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Thanks, any idea how big the block chain is? I freed up space (had 9 gigs). Trying again.
Blockchain at the moment need ~21GB. Regards. |
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July 24, 2014, 01:03:22 PM |
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Thanks!
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July 24, 2014, 03:57:04 PM |
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And make sure you have at least one wallet.dat backup
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July 24, 2014, 11:54:28 PM |
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I do, made it to five weeks and crashed with I/O error again. Used the wallet just the day it broke then all of a sudden I relaunched it and I can't sync do to this error. Well i'll try again, I have my wallet.dat backed up, thanks.
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July 25, 2014, 04:23:43 AM |
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Do you have the private key?
I would suggest using an electrum wallet like Multibit so that you don't need to download the entire blockchain.
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Cranky4u
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July 25, 2014, 05:11:07 AM |
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Sounds like your hardware is failing. Get a new hard drive and I recommend at least 50G space for the blockchain as there are no truncation options nearing completion in the next 12 months so you will need the space. 50G from a stock standard 2TB drive is not much, heck, a lot of decent games come close to that amount.
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byt411
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July 25, 2014, 06:37:16 AM |
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Sounds like your hardware is failing. Get a new hard drive and I recommend at least 50G space for the blockchain as there are no truncation options nearing completion in the next 12 months so you will need the space. 50G from a stock standard 2TB drive is not much, heck, a lot of decent games come close to that amount.
Yep. You can get a new SSD just for Bitcoin, or get something like a huge 2TB HDD, which will be more than enough. As I and Cranky said, your drive is definitely failing, otherwise stuff wouldn't get corrupted randomly. |
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July 25, 2014, 11:11:40 AM |
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I am running on a SSD on a surface pro 2 so I cannot replace it. I think the drive is ok. Tried to re-load the entire bit core got to 12 weeks before the I/O error showed up. My luck its all running good till I need it for a payment. I'll need to try an external drive I guess. I have over 50G free. Off to buy more stuff  |
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July 25, 2014, 11:20:56 AM |
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Sounds like your hardware is failing. Get a new hard drive and I recommend at least 50G space for the blockchain as there are no truncation options nearing completion in the next 12 months so you will need the space. 50G from a stock standard 2TB drive is not much, heck, a lot of decent games come close to that amount.
Yep. You can get a new SSD just for Bitcoin, or get something like a huge 2TB HDD, which will be more than enough. As I and Cranky said, your drive is definitely failing, otherwise stuff wouldn't get corrupted randomly. Can I do an external USB drive? |
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July 25, 2014, 11:29:51 AM |
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Do you have the private key?
I would suggest using an electrum wallet like Multibit so that you don't need to download the entire blockchain.
The wallet is encrypted is that what you mean? Can I safely backup a Multibit wallet ? |
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July 25, 2014, 11:40:37 AM |
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Sounds like your hardware is failing. Get a new hard drive and I recommend at least 50G space for the blockchain as there are no truncation options nearing completion in the next 12 months so you will need the space. 50G from a stock standard 2TB drive is not much, heck, a lot of decent games come close to that amount.
My internal is SSD and not replaceable, I'll try external. Must be a space issue, I hope. |
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July 25, 2014, 12:01:43 PM |
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Sounds like your hardware is failing. Get a new hard drive and I recommend at least 50G space for the blockchain as there are no truncation options nearing completion in the next 12 months so you will need the space. 50G from a stock standard 2TB drive is not much, heck, a lot of decent games come close to that amount.
Yep. You can get a new SSD just for Bitcoin, or get something like a huge 2TB HDD, which will be more than enough. As I and Cranky said, your drive is definitely failing, otherwise stuff wouldn't get corrupted randomly. Trying on a big external my only hope. Thanks |
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July 25, 2014, 12:44:45 PM |
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Sounds like your hardware is failing. Get a new hard drive and I recommend at least 50G space for the blockchain as there are no truncation options nearing completion in the next 12 months so you will need the space. 50G from a stock standard 2TB drive is not much, heck, a lot of decent games come close to that amount.
Yep. You can get a new SSD just for Bitcoin, or get something like a huge 2TB HDD, which will be more than enough. As I and Cranky said, your drive is definitely failing, otherwise stuff wouldn't get corrupted randomly. Can I do an external USB drive? If you have a USB 3 port in your computer then 64 GB or 128 GB USB 3 memory stick should be large and fast enough. In fact it is also possible to install the bitcoin client into same stick: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=41581.0 |
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July 25, 2014, 01:20:41 PM |
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Do you have the private key?
I would suggest using an electrum wallet like Multibit so that you don't need to download the entire blockchain.
The wallet is encrypted is that what you mean? Can I safely backup a Multibit wallet ? I'm referring to your addresses Private keys - You should be able to import them to Multibit, assuming you have them. You should be able to back it up - I've never personally used Multibit, but I'll look around for you. |
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July 25, 2014, 07:05:08 PM |
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So I guess I am confused. I re-downloaded the entire block chain pointing to an external. It worked fine. So I bought a dedicated external and re-did it again it was done on seconds. So the external has the wallet and takes no space. The block chain seems to be under
The ..user/appdata/roaming on the PC.
So I can't figure out where the issue with the disk is, as now it's fine. Wallet on external few megs the rest on my PC 23gigs. And I still have 50 gigs.
Thanks for all your help I seem to be up and running any clues to why or how I would appreciate. If my SSD is corrupted why is it working maybe a surface pro 2 limitation?
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July 25, 2014, 07:26:21 PM |
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Do you have the private key?
I would suggest using an electrum wallet like Multibit so that you don't need to download the entire blockchain.
The wallet is encrypted is that what you mean? Can I safely backup a Multibit wallet ? I'm referring to your addresses Private keys - You should be able to import them to Multibit, assuming you have them. You should be able to back it up - I've never personally used Multibit, but I'll look around for you. Thanks if you see my next post I am completely confused now. Running but confused. |
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