ok, installed python 2.7, twisted, and zope-interface.
how do i install pywallet, then run it on the C:drive?
how do i install pywallet, then run it on the C:drive?
download pywallet.py from github and run it from the windows command line.
Yup
Code:
wget "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=wmXTdQrf" -O pywallet_2.1.0b4.py
Code:
python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .
i should be able to get this to work. i've installed all the tools for pywallet onto the exact windows computer that vanitygen'd "1cypher". i dumped the current wallet using 8989 but this isn't a wallet that ever had "1cypher". but the remnants must be somewhere in this OS if you're correct about how vanitygen leaving traces of the address that can be recovered.
for the life of me though, i can't get the right combination of commands to "recover" the privkey from this. not a frequent command line user:
Code:
python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go(change this to something superior than your device size) --recov_outputdir .
any further suggestions?
1- Download pywallet_2.1.0b4.py to C:\ *
2- Create a dir named "recovered" on C:\ *
Code:
cd c:
python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go --recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"
* It's a terrible idea to write files to the disk from where you want to recover lost wallets/private keys, but being it a VM I don't see any other way.python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go --recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"
i remembered incorrectly. it was not generated on a vm.
i am now on the exact Windows machine i generated "1cypher" on last year so if a privkey remnant is stored somewhere in the hard drive as jackjack suggests, then it should be here.
having said that, here is what i get when i execute your command:
Code:
C:\>python pywallet_2.1.0b4.py --recover --recov_device "C:" --recov_size 1000Go
--recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"
'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\>
--recov_outputdir "C:\recovered"
'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\>
edit: i originally installed pywallet to the Downloads folder but dragged it over to C: just b/c it didn't run when i initially directed it at Downloads.
Your best bet is to work with the "wallet.dat" that once contained the priv key. Like psy previously said the C: drive was probably rewritten so you wouldn't have a chance of getting anything.
How about the Armory wallet? You imported the priv key with it?
