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Topic: Help: Bitcoin-QT won't start up (Read 2031 times)

newbie
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June 09, 2013, 06:43:26 PM
#7
Alright, I've reinstalled it. Seems to work fine. When the blocks are updated, I'll restart it and post if I have more problems...
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June 09, 2013, 06:41:37 PM
#6
download new version of bitcoinQT
Don't forget to backup your wallet during the imstallation though.
full member
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June 09, 2013, 06:26:38 PM
#5
Second ASanerWorld's advice. I would suggest these steps:

1. Back up your wallet: In Windows Explorer, go to %APPDATA%\Roaming\Bitcoin. Copy the file Wallet.dat to some other safe location.

2. Uninstall Bitcoin-QT through the Control Panel.

3. Go back to %APPDATA%\Roaming\Bitcoin. If there's anything still in there, delete it all.

4. Download the latest Bitcoin-QT and reinstall.

5. Import your wallet from your backup: go once more to %APPDATA%\Roaming\Bitcoin, and copy your backup you created in step 1 into this folder.
newbie
Activity: 23
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June 09, 2013, 06:17:20 PM
#4
I'm a linux nerd, so take my advice with a grain or two of salt, but my first suggestion would be to copy the wallet.dat file someplace safe and then re-install the program. That's how I handled moving my wallet from a no-longer-used partition on my PC to a new location. Once it finished syncing, all was fine. Windows folks can verify if this will work, I suspect.
newbie
Activity: 25
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June 09, 2013, 06:10:58 PM
#3
Had it been working before or is this the first time?
This is the first time. I was able to run it yesterday... really, the only other time I ran it.
newbie
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June 09, 2013, 06:09:09 PM
#2
Had it been working before or is this the first time?
newbie
Activity: 25
Merit: 0
June 09, 2013, 05:50:59 PM
#1
When I attempt to open, the splash screen shows and an error pops up:

"Error opening block database.
Do you want to rebuild the block database now?"

OK and Abort buttons show.

Pressing OK brings up this error:
"Error opening block database"

With only an OK button.

These errors pop up as Windows dialogue boxes.
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