How recover bitcoin wallet from hard drive (2009)? - page 2.

lazypolarbears

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Quote from: jackg on January 14, 2017, 12:45:05 PM

Quote from: myBitcoin2009 on January 14, 2017, 12:13:17 PM

Quote from: jackg on January 14, 2017, 11:54:25 AM

Quote from: myBitcoin2009 on January 14, 2017, 07:44:25 AM

Sorry for my english.
In 2009 I was one of the first to believe in Bitcoin and I have accumulated a lot of bitcoins (more than 1,000 btc), send me directly from satoshi through a mailing list, in the years I had forgotten them and I have formatted the hard drive at least 5-6 times, in 2016 I started to remember my bitcoin, there is a possibility to recover the wallet? thank you Cheesy

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I read through this tread and saw that I'm not sure people have fully answered your question.
If you have formatted your drive 5 times, and not filled it after that (as in left it empty to the size of the bitcoin directory). Then there is a chance that you could have the wallet.dat file in there somewhere.

Most likely - you don't - it's gone. But it wouldn't hurt to run a disk recovery operation and search for the wallet.dat file. The wallet.dat file is unlikely to be over a few MB so it could be there. Just search google for disk recovery programs and find one to recover your wallet.dat file. (you may also want to use a company to recover this data as it is such a valuable amount of bitcoins to uncover now).

I tried it with data recovery programs, by connecting the hard disk with a USB via an adapter, but I only found last formatted data.

Unless you send it off to a company to get it completely scanned to see if they can find anything. It looks like you may have lost it forever. If it only recovers what you last formatted then that means that anything before the format before that is completely lost.

Quote from: myBitcoin2009 on January 14, 2017, 12:32:08 PM

Quote from: lazypolarbears on January 14, 2017, 12:16:58 PM

Mac OS Journaled or Windows NFTS? I might be able to help, but I'd need a copy of the CD shipped over to inspect in person... I run a lot of recovery software for my business...

And wow that's a LOT.

Windows

I'd probably advise you try different software for recovery before sending itdirectly due to amount that is there and the fact you don't know if they're going to steal it or not.
Also, open source (free) data recovery is probably the best as many people have edited it to improve how it preforms.

WOW. Thanks I offered to help (I run a 501c3 IRS certified nonprofit that rebuilds laptops for underprivileged schoolchildren) and you have to shoot me down like that?>

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https://bit.ly/387FXHi lightning theory

Quote from: myBitcoin2009 on January 14, 2017, 12:13:17 PM

Quote from: jackg on January 14, 2017, 11:54:25 AM

Quote from: myBitcoin2009 on January 14, 2017, 07:44:25 AM

Sorry for my english.
In 2009 I was one of the first to believe in Bitcoin and I have accumulated a lot of bitcoins (more than 1,000 btc), send me directly from satoshi through a mailing list, in the years I had forgotten them and I have formatted the hard drive at least 5-6 times, in 2016 I started to remember my bitcoin, there is a possibility to recover the wallet? thank you Cheesy

NO TROLLS
ONLY EXPERTS INFO.
TY

I read through this tread and saw that I'm not sure people have fully answered your question.
If you have formatted your drive 5 times, and not filled it after that (as in left it empty to the size of the bitcoin directory). Then there is a chance that you could have the wallet.dat file in there somewhere.

Most likely - you don't - it's gone. But it wouldn't hurt to run a disk recovery operation and search for the wallet.dat file. The wallet.dat file is unlikely to be over a few MB so it could be there. Just search google for disk recovery programs and find one to recover your wallet.dat file. (you may also want to use a company to recover this data as it is such a valuable amount of bitcoins to uncover now).

I tried it with data recovery programs, by connecting the hard disk with a USB via an adapter, but I only found last formatted data.

Unless you send it off to a company to get it completely scanned to see if they can find anything. It looks like you may have lost it forever. If it only recovers what you last formatted then that means that anything before the format before that is completely lost.

Quote from: myBitcoin2009 on January 14, 2017, 12:32:08 PM

Quote from: lazypolarbears on January 14, 2017, 12:16:58 PM

Mac OS Journaled or Windows NFTS? I might be able to help, but I'd need a copy of the CD shipped over to inspect in person... I run a lot of recovery software for my business...

And wow that's a LOT.

Windows

I'd probably advise you try different software for recovery before sending itdirectly due to amount that is there and the fact you don't know if they're going to steal it or not.
Also, open source (free) data recovery is probably the best as many people have edited it to improve how it preforms.

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I'm a little less familiar with windows but I do know it's easier to "crack" (if it's even possible at this point) than Mac OS X Journaled, partly because there's more software out there for windows...

Shoot me a PM if you want help...

myBitcoin2009

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Quote from: lazypolarbears on January 14, 2017, 12:16:58 PM

Mac OS Journaled or Windows NFTS? I might be able to help, but I'd need a copy of the CD shipped over to inspect in person... I run a lot of recovery software for my business...

And wow that's a LOT.

Windows

lazypolarbears

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Mac OS Journaled or Windows NFTS? I might be able to help, but I'd need a copy of the CD shipped over to inspect in person... I run a lot of recovery software for my business...

And wow that's a LOT.

myBitcoin2009

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Quote from: jackg on January 14, 2017, 11:54:25 AM

Quote from: myBitcoin2009 on January 14, 2017, 07:44:25 AM

Sorry for my english.
In 2009 I was one of the first to believe in Bitcoin and I have accumulated a lot of bitcoins (more than 1,000 btc), send me directly from satoshi through a mailing list, in the years I had forgotten them and I have formatted the hard drive at least 5-6 times, in 2016 I started to remember my bitcoin, there is a possibility to recover the wallet? thank you Cheesy

NO TROLLS
ONLY EXPERTS INFO.
TY

I read through this tread and saw that I'm not sure people have fully answered your question.
If you have formatted your drive 5 times, and not filled it after that (as in left it empty to the size of the bitcoin directory). Then there is a chance that you could have the wallet.dat file in there somewhere.

Most likely - you don't - it's gone. But it wouldn't hurt to run a disk recovery operation and search for the wallet.dat file. The wallet.dat file is unlikely to be over a few MB so it could be there. Just search google for disk recovery programs and find one to recover your wallet.dat file. (you may also want to use a company to recover this data as it is such a valuable amount of bitcoins to uncover now).

I tried it with data recovery programs, by connecting the hard disk with a USB via an adapter, but I only found last formatted data.

jackg

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https://bit.ly/387FXHi lightning theory

Quote from: myBitcoin2009 on January 14, 2017, 07:44:25 AM

Sorry for my english.
In 2009 I was one of the first to believe in Bitcoin and I have accumulated a lot of bitcoins (more than 1,000 btc), send me directly from satoshi through a mailing list, in the years I had forgotten them and I have formatted the hard drive at least 5-6 times, in 2016 I started to remember my bitcoin, there is a possibility to recover the wallet? thank you Cheesy

NO TROLLS
ONLY EXPERTS INFO.
TY

I read through this tread and saw that I'm not sure people have fully answered your question.
If you have formatted your drive 5 times, and not filled it after that (as in left it empty to the size of the bitcoin directory). Then there is a chance that you could have the wallet.dat file in there somewhere.

Most likely - you don't - it's gone. But it wouldn't hurt to run a disk recovery operation and search for the wallet.dat file. The wallet.dat file is unlikely to be over a few MB so it could be there. Just search google for disk recovery programs and find one to recover your wallet.dat file. (you may also want to use a company to recover this data as it is such a valuable amount of bitcoins to uncover now).

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Quote from: myBitcoin2009 on January 14, 2017, 10:14:50 AM

Now i have only hard drive formatted 5-6 times.

I already tried using the data recovery software, recommended me to go to a data recovery expert?

To simplify this situation: If you have formatted your hard drive that number of times and it's been overwritten, then there is nothing that can be done.

Quote from: myBitcoin2009 on January 14, 2017, 10:36:22 AM

Maybe even more than 1000 btc, were very many.

Unfortunately for you, these Bitcoin are most likely forever lost (unless you find that CD and it is intact).

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Are you serious 1000 btc that's one he'll of a amount. How did you get satoshi to send it to you. I hope this is not a trill and you are not fooling us. I think you should post in service or giveaway offering 1btc if some one gives you a solution to recover it. And I hope I get one btc too for suggesting it to you. But I am yet finding it difficult 2009 and suddenly in 2016 you woke up are you all truly convinced?

Maybe even more than 1000 btc, were very many.

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Quote from: myBitcoin2009 on January 14, 2017, 10:08:02 AM

I was 17 and I was not an expert, I had made a backup on cd in 2009, but even that is gone. I can't find this cd.

Recovering your coins would be nearly impossible because you dont have the important data on your wallet (private keys etc.) once you lost it then thsoe coins are lost forever and you cant get them back.Sad to say but this is the truth and if im in that situation regrets would really last for months i guess. Grin

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Now i have only hard drive formatted 5-6 times.

I already tried using the data recovery software, recommended me to go to a data recovery expert?

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If you've been using this same hard drive for years, formatted it multiple times and written data to it, even a data recovery specialist won't be able to recover the wallet.
Your only hope would be a backup of the wallet on another hard drive or CD/DVD.
I would be trying to find that disk since it would be worth to a Million dollars if you really had a wallet with 1,000 bitcoin in it...

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I was 17 and I was not an expert, I had made a backup on cd in 2009, but even that is gone. I can't find this cd.

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Wow. Thats a huge amount. You already wipe your diskdrive many times. I dont think that its possible your bitcoins because you format your diskdrives many times. Even an IT expert will have a hard time recovering your bitcoin. But theres a chance to recover it. Hire an expert. But dont assume they can bring back your btc because the chances are very thin.

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If you didnt make a back-up for your wallet then its impossible to get it back. Its like what happened to me after I reformatted my hard drive along with my desktop wallet and up to now I cannot recover it. In my experience I consulted many It experts but none of them could possibly bring it back though its only 2 btc. Theres no way to recover them but ask some masters maybe they have experiences of bringing back your wallet.

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Sorry for my english.
In 2009 I was one of the first to believe in Bitcoin and I have accumulated a lot of bitcoins (more than 1,000 btc), send me directly from satoshi through a mailing list, in the years I had forgotten them and I have formatted the hard drive at least 5-6 times, in 2016 I started to remember my bitcoin, there is a possibility to recover the wallet? thank you Cheesy

NO TROLLS
ONLY EXPERTS INFO.
TY

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