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How do you back up your Bitcoin Wallet

May 22, 2011, 07:11:34 PM

Hi

How do you back up your Bitcoin Wallet. For Instance I want to format my hard drive..

Can I put it on a flash card and take it with me. ?

Thank you

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Re: How do you back up your Bitcoin Wallet

May 22, 2011, 07:15:30 PM

Yes, you just need your wallet.dat file, the rest can be redownloaded.

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Re: How do you back up your Bitcoin Wallet

May 22, 2011, 07:17:37 PM

Yes, you can put it on a flash drive and move it around.

Assuming you're on Windows, you can find your wallet.dat file by pushing Windows Key+R, then typing in "%APPDATA%\BitCoin".

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