Topic: Help: recover privkey after exporting from Qt? - page 3. (Read 4897 times)

Quote from: cypherdoc on July 19, 2013, 05:00:20 PM

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b2.py --recover --recov_size 500Go --recov_device "/dev/sdax" --recov_outputdir="/home/xxx"

does this look right before i run it?:

Code:

sudo python pywallet_2.1.0b2.py --recover --recov_size 500Go --recov_device "/dev/sdax" --recov_outputdir="/home/cypher/Desktop/wallet.dat"

edit: do i need the passphrase?

You need to change:
- 500Go to the approximate size of your partition (better higher than lower)
- /dev/sdax to the partition you want to look into (sudo fdisk -l might help)
- As Kouye said recov_outputdir must be a directory, empty or not

Pywallet will ask for the passphrases

The recovered file will be named "recovered_wallet_{timestamp}.dat"

this is what i have:

Code:

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      499711      248832   83  Linux
/dev/sda2          501758   250068991   124783617    5  Extended
/dev/sda5          501760   250068991   124783616   83  Linux

Kouye

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so this where "output" is a new empty folder?

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b2.py --recover --recov_size 500Go --recov_device "/dev/sdax" --recov_outputdir="/home/cypher/Desktop/output

If your partition is like 300->500Go large, and if you never stored a wallet outside of /dev/sdax, then I guess it's ok.
If you think you might have stored/copied your wallet elsewhere, you'll need to retry with [elsewhere] instead of /dev/sdax, once this fails.

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Quote from: Kouye on July 19, 2013, 04:51:24 PM

Quote from: cypherdoc on July 19, 2013, 04:44:42 PM

Quote from: cypherdoc on July 19, 2013, 04:44:42 PM

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b2.py --recover --recov_size 500Go --recov_device "/dev/sdax" --recov_outputdir="/home/xxx"

does this look right before i run it?:

Code:

sudo python pywallet_2.1.0b2.py --recover --recov_size 500Go --recov_device "/dev/sdax" --recov_outputdir="/home/cypher/Desktop/wallet.dat"

edit: do i need the passphrase?

Err, no, wallet.dat is not an "outputdir"... You need an empty folder where, I guess, all the found wallet ghosts will be written.

so this where "output" is a new empty folder?

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b2.py --recover --recov_size 500Go --recov_device "/dev/sdax" --recov_outputdir="/home/cypher/Desktop/output

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Quote from: cypherdoc on July 19, 2013, 04:44:42 PM

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b2.py --recover --recov_size 500Go --recov_device "/dev/sdax" --recov_outputdir="/home/xxx"

does this look right before i run it?:

Code:

sudo python pywallet_2.1.0b2.py --recover --recov_size 500Go --recov_device "/dev/sdax" --recov_outputdir="/home/cypher/Desktop/wallet.dat"

edit: do i need the passphrase?

You need to change:
- 500Go to the approximate size of your partition (better higher than lower)
- /dev/sdax to the partition you want to look into (sudo fdisk -l might help)
- As Kouye said recov_outputdir must be a directory, empty or not

Pywallet will ask for the passphrases

The recovered file will be named "recovered_wallet_{timestamp}.dat"

Kouye

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Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b2.py --recover --recov_size 500Go --recov_device "/dev/sdax" --recov_outputdir="/home/xxx"

does this look right before i run it?:

Code:

sudo python pywallet_2.1.0b2.py --recover --recov_size 500Go --recov_device "/dev/sdax" --recov_outputdir="/home/cypher/Desktop/wallet.dat"

edit: do i need the passphrase?

Err, no, wallet.dat is not an "outputdir"... You need an empty folder where, I guess, all the found wallet ghosts will be written.

cypherdoc

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Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b2.py --recover --recov_size 500Go --recov_device "/dev/sdax" --recov_outputdir="/home/xxx"

does this look right before i run it?:

Code:

sudo python pywallet_2.1.0b2.py --recover --recov_size 500Go --recov_device "/dev/sdax" --recov_outputdir="/home/cypher/Desktop/wallet.dat"

edit: do i need the passphrase?

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Quote from: Raoul Duke on July 19, 2013, 04:21:23 PM

Code:

python pywallet_2.1.0b2.py --recover --recov_size 500Go --recov_device "/dev/sdax" --recov_outputdir="/home/xxx"

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Quote from: cypherdoc on July 19, 2013, 04:20:32 PM

Quote from: Raoul Duke on July 19, 2013, 04:19:37 PM

Quote from: cypherdoc on July 19, 2013, 03:52:04 PM

Quote from: cypherdoc on July 19, 2013, 04:20:32 PM

Then I'm sorry, I can't help you
AFAIK pywallet is the only tool that allows you to delete an address but it would have deleted the entry in "names" too anyway
I really don't see what happened here

If you definitely can't find it again, you should consider using pywallet's recovery feature

remember that i used Armory's import key function which extracts the key out of Qt. it appears that it does what it says it does and this is irreversible.

So, can't you get it out of the Armory wallet it was imported to?

no, b/c it got deleted. Grin

I'm afraid to ask about backups now Roll Eyes

believe it or not i lost 3 USB keys in the last 2 months with backups to this key on them. Grin

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Quote from: Raoul Duke on July 19, 2013, 04:19:37 PM

Quote from: cypherdoc on July 19, 2013, 03:52:04 PM

Quote from: Raoul Duke on July 19, 2013, 04:19:37 PM

Then I'm sorry, I can't help you
AFAIK pywallet is the only tool that allows you to delete an address but it would have deleted the entry in "names" too anyway
I really don't see what happened here

If you definitely can't find it again, you should consider using pywallet's recovery feature

remember that i used Armory's import key function which extracts the key out of Qt. it appears that it does what it says it does and this is irreversible.

So, can't you get it out of the Armory wallet it was imported to?

no, b/c it got deleted. Grin

I'm afraid to ask about backups now Roll Eyes

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Quote from: cypherdoc on July 19, 2013, 03:52:04 PM

Quote from: cypherdoc on July 19, 2013, 03:52:04 PM

Then I'm sorry, I can't help you
AFAIK pywallet is the only tool that allows you to delete an address but it would have deleted the entry in "names" too anyway
I really don't see what happened here

If you definitely can't find it again, you should consider using pywallet's recovery feature

remember that i used Armory's import key function which extracts the key out of Qt. it appears that it does what it says it does and this is irreversible.

So, can't you get it out of the Armory wallet it was imported to?

no, b/c it got deleted. Grin

Raoul Duke

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Then I'm sorry, I can't help you
AFAIK pywallet is the only tool that allows you to delete an address but it would have deleted the entry in "names" too anyway
I really don't see what happened here

If you definitely can't find it again, you should consider using pywallet's recovery feature

remember that i used Armory's import key function which extracts the key out of Qt. it appears that it does what it says it does and this is irreversible.

So, can't you get it out of the Armory wallet it was imported to?

cypherdoc

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you should consider using pywallet's recovery feature

i don't see a command for that.

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