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November 27, 2012, 04:44:57 AM
#18
how do I save my BTC? I have 45 BTC on this computer ...

I already did "Backup Wallet" am I good to go now?
Send them to me , I will look after them, then When you finished messing about I will send them back.

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November 18, 2012, 07:27:49 AM
#17
hm... when I was doing this for the first time, I sent my coins to Coinbase and almost lost my nerves..
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Former curator of The Bitcoin Museum
November 03, 2012, 05:46:56 AM
#16
Why don't you just send your coins to gox first?

That's what I do when I reformat mine, just in case I can't get my keys back and working for whatever reason.

zip the file with a password, and then email it to yourself Smiley
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November 01, 2012, 08:08:44 PM
#15
If you're comfortable with the command line there are tools to print out your private keys too. They can be reimported later in case you really screw everything up.
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October 28, 2012, 11:10:35 AM
#14
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I suggest just sending them to mtgox, but make sure your account has google authentication. I have been hacked of 5 coins before authenticator was available.

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Make sure you encrypt your wallet before you back it up. If you don't encrypt it, and someone finds your backup, he can spend your coins!


Don't put your wallet on your mining machine there are keylogger miners out there that can record your encryption password.  Wink
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Bitbuy
October 28, 2012, 09:10:30 AM
#13
Make sure you encrypt your wallet before you back it up. If you don't encrypt it, and someone finds your backup, he can spend your coins!
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October 27, 2012, 06:11:32 PM
#12
I suggest just sending them to mtgox, but make sure your account has google authentication. I have been hacked of 5 coins before authenticator was available.
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October 27, 2012, 12:02:18 PM
#11
You just copy the wallet.dat or what ever you called your backup file.

Really if you can copy the whole bitcoin folder in the user directory you'll save yourself 2 days of downloading the block chain again.

Just install bitcoin and run it for the first time with network access disabled, close it, then copy your files in.

I recently moved mine from Windows to Ubuntu. The whole block chain was about 4.7Gb.
(I remember because I was in two minds to burn it to a DVD or not)  Grin
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October 25, 2012, 01:29:49 PM
#10
Sorry but my BTC are more secure than anyone else's here, as I have spent them all Tongue Well okay, I spent some and sold the rest on an exchange (but then I spent the USD on stuff, primarily netflix and hardware for my computer store).

niceee  Smiley
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September 17, 2012, 10:45:30 PM
#9
Sorry but my BTC are more secure than anyone else's here, as I have spent them all Tongue Well okay, I spent some and sold the rest on an exchange (but then I spent the USD on stuff, primarily netflix and hardware for my computer store).
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September 15, 2012, 11:51:34 AM
#8
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September 08, 2012, 09:30:00 AM
#7
Why don't you just send your coins to gox first?

That's what I do when I reformat mine, just in case I can't get my keys back and working for whatever reason.

I vote for this. Send it to an online wallet service or trading partner. MtGox, Vircurex, Blockchain.info, etc.
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September 06, 2012, 10:30:48 AM
#6
Why don't you just send your coins to gox first?

That's what I do when I reformat mine, just in case I can't get my keys back and working for whatever reason.
donator
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September 01, 2012, 11:17:13 PM
#5
how do I save my BTC? I have 45 BTC on this computer ...

I already did "Backup Wallet" am I good to go now?

This sub-forum is more appropriate for such questions.
(Tech support)
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=4.0
sr. member
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September 01, 2012, 08:36:09 PM
#4
This should help:

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Securing_your_wallet#Restore

Simply place wallet.dat back in "C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Bitcoin"
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Coin Generator
September 01, 2012, 08:20:47 PM
#3
ok but then how can I load my BTC back?
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September 01, 2012, 07:05:33 PM
#2
As long as you save the backup file and don't format the drive containing this file, you are good to go. Make a couple copies on a couple flash drives to be sure.

Alternatively, to be extra safe, you could transfer your coins to another wallet, like at blockchain.info, reformat the computer, and send the coins back to your self after formatting.
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Coin Generator
September 01, 2012, 06:32:16 PM
#1
how do I save my BTC? I have 45 BTC on this computer ...

I already did "Backup Wallet" am I good to go now?
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