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Quote from: Tony116 on July 23, 2023, 07:34:16 AM

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Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 12:12:48 AM

so a few years back i had a few bitcoin on a hard drive but today i tried to access the harddrive and i ended up spilling a glass full of water all over it and now it wont boot up.

what are my options?

It's amusing how many people are losing their BTC by spilling water, losing gadgets, ruining hardware, forgetting passwords etc. It's all judging by these forum threads. I suspect most of them are made up to pump up post count and maybe even earn some merits. It just looks really suspicious the guy spilled water on his hdd (or pc not really clear from the OPs post) on THE VERY SAME DAY he decided to check on his stash? I mean cmon... Grin

It's hard to verify whether the OP's story is real or just made-up. But it is true that many people store original phrases and information right on their computers. Believe it or not, my cousin is not very computer savvy, and he's only been in the market for a few months. Although his assets are not too large, but important data such as passwords and seed phrases...he stores them right on his D drive. I gave advice on that, but he didn't believe there would be any problem. But he is stubborn, and I don't want to waste my time with such people even though he is my relative. I like to let him experience it so he can figure it out, even though I know he will lose money because of that stubbornness.

Let him learn, anyone who doesn't consider what others are saying like learning the hard way, you have already do your part so he can't say you never warned him.

It's foolishness seeing people still storing their private key and recovery seed on a hard disk this days, those things are not reliable at all, I installed a new OS on Hard disk and after going through all the problems of entering the BIOS and flashing OS using a software, the hard disk failed to work and it was working perfectly before.

Hard disks can't be trusted, they give up at any time, this is why writing your phrases in a book is far more safer than leaving it in a hard disk, even NVME 2.0 drives can stop working too, this types are said to be better than hard disks because they don't spin using disks in them but still I don't recommend storing your keys this way.

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Quote from: coinerer on July 23, 2023, 08:01:30 AM

Quote from: Tony116 on July 23, 2023, 07:34:16 AM

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Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 12:12:48 AM

so a few years back i had a few bitcoin on a hard drive but today i tried to access the harddrive and i ended up spilling a glass full of water all over it and now it wont boot up.

what are my options?

It's amusing how many people are losing their BTC by spilling water, losing gadgets, ruining hardware, forgetting passwords etc. It's all judging by these forum threads. I suspect most of them are made up to pump up post count and maybe even earn some merits. It just looks really suspicious the guy spilled water on his hdd (or pc not really clear from the OPs post) on THE VERY SAME DAY he decided to check on his stash? I mean cmon... Grin

It's hard to verify whether the OP's story is real or just made-up. But it is true that many people store original phrases and information right on their computers. Believe it or not, my cousin is not very computer savvy, and he's only been in the market for a few months. Although his assets are not too large, but important data such as passwords and seed phrases...he stores them right on his D drive. I gave advice on that, but he didn't believe there would be any problem. But he is stubborn, and I don't want to waste my time with such people even though he is my relative. I like to let him experience it so he can figure it out, even though I know he will lose money because of that stubbornness.

Yes, there are many stories from new accounts that are meant to earn merit and that is why it is very difficult to believe these stories.
I wonder why a person wouldn't keep his bitcoin wallet private key in a safe place where he has bitcoins in his wallet. Although the story is not believable I would advise him to contact a good recovery team who can recover his hard drive through various recovery processes.

The reason that I don't believe this story is if I fall into this case. The first thing that comes to my mind is to take it to a hardware repair and data recovery store to quickly save my hard drive rather than going to the forums looking for advice from others. Because there is no better solution in this case and I believe anyone using a computer would do it, rather than going to a bitcoin forum for advice. The story is really hard to believe although I don't think the OP is trying to find merit as many say.

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Quote from: Tony116 on July 23, 2023, 07:34:16 AM

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Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 12:12:48 AM

so a few years back i had a few bitcoin on a hard drive but today i tried to access the harddrive and i ended up spilling a glass full of water all over it and now it wont boot up.

what are my options?

It's amusing how many people are losing their BTC by spilling water, losing gadgets, ruining hardware, forgetting passwords etc. It's all judging by these forum threads. I suspect most of them are made up to pump up post count and maybe even earn some merits. It just looks really suspicious the guy spilled water on his hdd (or pc not really clear from the OPs post) on THE VERY SAME DAY he decided to check on his stash? I mean cmon... Grin

It's hard to verify whether the OP's story is real or just made-up. But it is true that many people store original phrases and information right on their computers. Believe it or not, my cousin is not very computer savvy, and he's only been in the market for a few months. Although his assets are not too large, but important data such as passwords and seed phrases...he stores them right on his D drive. I gave advice on that, but he didn't believe there would be any problem. But he is stubborn, and I don't want to waste my time with such people even though he is my relative. I like to let him experience it so he can figure it out, even though I know he will lose money because of that stubbornness.

Yes, there are many stories from new accounts that are meant to earn merit and that is why it is very difficult to believe these stories.
I wonder why a person wouldn't keep his bitcoin wallet private key in a safe place where he has bitcoins in his wallet. Although the story is not believable I would advise him to contact a good recovery team who can recover his hard drive through various recovery processes.

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Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 03:26:38 AM

all my private keys was stored on the hard drive

I guess that teaches you to make backups.

Seriously though: I don't believe any of this.

I also don't believe any of it because I think that @OP just made up the story to get some good replies on his thread and nothing else. He first said that he has spilled a full glass of water on his hard drive and because of that it stopped working, and I don't think that makes any sense at all.

@OP, you should also mentioned that how you spilled the glass of water on your hard drive because most of the time the Hard Drive is fit inside a desktop or laptop, then how have to directly spilled water over it without harming those systems? Now, please don't say that you had taken that drive out of the desktop or laptop because that also doesn't make sense.

However, if you story is not made up then you should take your Hard drive to an expert, and he/she will fix it within few hours without much issue. The data of the hard drive is stored on the platters and the platters are resistant to water I guess. You don't need a recovery expert, but a hard drive technician who can repair such drives.

I still can't trust the story, but if there is any truth in your story then read my answer fully, and I'm quite sure your problem will be solved.

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Quote from: serveria.com on July 23, 2023, 03:22:12 AM

Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 12:12:48 AM

so a few years back i had a few bitcoin on a hard drive but today i tried to access the harddrive and i ended up spilling a glass full of water all over it and now it wont boot up.

what are my options?

It's amusing how many people are losing their BTC by spilling water, losing gadgets, ruining hardware, forgetting passwords etc. It's all judging by these forum threads. I suspect most of them are made up to pump up post count and maybe even earn some merits. It just looks really suspicious the guy spilled water on his hdd (or pc not really clear from the OPs post) on THE VERY SAME DAY he decided to check on his stash? I mean cmon... Grin

It's hard to verify whether the OP's story is real or just made-up. But it is true that many people store original phrases and information right on their computers. Believe it or not, my cousin is not very computer savvy, and he's only been in the market for a few months. Although his assets are not too large, but important data such as passwords and seed phrases...he stores them right on his D drive. I gave advice on that, but he didn't believe there would be any problem. But he is stubborn, and I don't want to waste my time with such people even though he is my relative. I like to let him experience it so he can figure it out, even though I know he will lose money because of that stubbornness.

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Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 03:26:38 AM

all my private keys was stored on the hard drive

I guess that teaches you to make backups.

Seriously though: I don't believe any of this.

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The only solution to this is to dig it up with an expert. Let's say you saved it in a text file, then you'll need to find and hire a recovery service for all documents or all files on your drive. Also, don't ever mention that you have bitcoin or that your purpose is to recover your bitcoin wallet, as we don't know if someone you hired will gain access to your wallet. Though you can try to buy a hard drive enclosure and plug it into your PC if it works, if not, you don't have any choice but to do the above.

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Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 12:12:48 AM

so a few years back i had a few bitcoin on a hard drive but today i tried to access the harddrive and i ended up spilling a glass full of water all over it and now it wont boot up.

what are my options?

It's amusing how many people are losing their BTC by spilling water, losing gadgets, ruining hardware, forgetting passwords etc. It's all judging by these forum threads. I suspect most of them are made up to pump up post count and maybe even earn some merits. It just looks really suspicious the guy spilled water on his hdd (or pc not really clear from the OPs post) on THE VERY SAME DAY he decided to check on his stash? I mean cmon... Grin

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Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 03:26:38 AM

all my private keys was stored on the hard drive

One of the alternative routes that you can take is to go to a store that provides service or can get your hard drive working again. I don't know how many Bitcoins you have stored on the hard drive, at least this incident has made you feel you have made a big mistake for storing the private key on the hard drive.
One way to make the wallet accessible again with the private key holder, there is no other way to access the wallet without the private key. The forum has discussed how to store private keys safely, storing private keys on a hard drive is not recommended because there is no guarantee of security there.

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Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 12:12:48 AM

so a few years back i had a few bitcoin on a hard drive but today i tried to access the harddrive and i ended up spilling a glass full of water all over it and now it wont boot up.

what are my options?

Have you literally tried to access your hard drive by trying to pry it open with a screwdriver while holding a glass of water in your hand?

I can't imagine how it was possible to spill water at that moment. You never know what funny cases can come true.

Ok, let's say there is a hard drive with bitcoin that failed due to contact with water. What can be done?

You are not an expert in this, therefore, the idea of self-repair should be immediately discarded. The only right decision is to turn to professional specialists involved in the recovery of hard drives / data from drives in the location closest to you.

Although I have absolutely no idea how your drive could fail, because their cases are sealed, unless you spilled water on a device connected to the network. In this case, other components of the PC would fail, and not the disk. Although, with proper skill, the disk can also be broken.

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Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 12:12:48 AM

so a few years back i had a few bitcoin on a hard drive but today i tried to access the harddrive and i ended up spilling a glass full of water all over it and now it wont boot up.

what are my options?

When exposed to water, there is still a chance that it can be read although it is a little difficult or heavy when entering the access process.
Dry it first and wait a few hours.
From my experience, I was probably in a lucky position. This problem can still be solved just to copy the data by trying to replace the VCB.
If you don't know how to fix it yourself, I suggest like most of the advice that has been given. Take it to a qualified service center in the hope that it can be repaired.

This only applies to hard drives that have been exposed to water and are in need of immediate attention or repair.

Don't keep your private key and/or seed phrase in one place.
Back up the seed phrase in several places to be able to retrieve it when lost.
Storing private keys and seed phrases in one place can be a big problem that cannot be solved.

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OP you just got a red trust on your profile for spreading fake news to scam donations, I am wondering how you expect people to believe you and your stories, if you spilled water on your HDD then go get your seed phrases where you kept them, or are you going to claim that you don't store that somewhere safe either?

If water spilled on an HDD you must not connect it, find a way to dry it first and secondly even if the HDD don't spin anymore it's still repairable, a diode on the HDD panel might have died, this happened to me and I was able to fixed it because I have few HDD laying around then and I changed the board/panel of the HDD will another and it worked.

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Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 12:12:48 AM

so a few years back i had a few bitcoin on a hard drive but today i tried to access the harddrive and i ended up spilling a glass full of water all over it and now it wont boot up.

what are my options?

Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 03:26:38 AM

all my private keys was stored on the hard drive

If by a few bitcoin being stored on that hard drive you actually mean full bitcoins then you are in deep trouble, however there are services which can recover information from damaged hard drive units, ask for the costs and if the costs are lower than the amount of coins you have there then go for it, as at this point it does not seem as if you have too much of a choice, what I cannot help to ask myself is how someone can be that irresponsible when they have so much money at stake? I have several backups of my seed words and sometimes even that does not seem like enough to me and yet it seems you had no backup at all.

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Quote from: Casdinyard on July 22, 2023, 03:06:39 PM

We got people out there that are able to repair or at the very least retrieve data from spent or broken hard drives plus technically the wallet's not entirely on your hard drive especially if it's saved on a program like Electrum where you can retrieve it using the private keys.

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If you use a wallet software, on your devices, you will have two ways to recover. Accessing the wallet file with or without password, that depends on whether your wallet file is encrypted or not encrypted with password. A more easily way to recover it is to have a wallet seed or a private key which you can use anytime to import it without needs to have a wallet file password.

Because any digital file, any physical device can have technical problems and become unusable, you must back up your wallets with wallet seeds and private keys. You will always have ability to recover your wallets with such backups. Relying on hard drives, USBs or wallet files are more risky

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Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 12:12:48 AM

so a few years back i had a few bitcoin on a hard drive but today i tried to access the harddrive and i ended up spilling a glass full of water all over it and now it wont boot up.

what are my options?

We got people out there that are able to repair or at the very least retrieve data from spent or broken hard drives plus technically the wallet's not entirely on your hard drive especially if it's saved on a program like Electrum where you can retrieve it using the private keys. Sucks to be you if those same keys are saved within that hard drive and you can't remember it anymore. But yeah technology's pretty fucking advanced nowadays that you can tinker with old hard drives and access the files/data that's stored in it even if it's already broken. Just need to find the right guy for the job and you should be good to go. That's at the very least considering you are telling us the truth, but I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.

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Stop trying to turn it on as a first step. Every time you try to reboot, you risk making things worse. Even if you're staring at the prospect of losing a fortune, which is a scary thought, it's not the end of the world.

The hefty costs of hiring data recovery experts may be justified in this case. Getting this to them as quickly as possible is of the utmost importance. They have their own sterile environments, or "clean rooms," and function like surgeons in the digital world.

However, you should expect the worse. Sometimes, even with the most advanced tools and knowledgeable technicians, data cannot be recovered. This is a hard lesson to learn, but protecting your digital assets is essential.

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Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 12:12:48 AM

so a few years back i had a few bitcoin on a hard drive but today i tried to access the harddrive and i ended up spilling a glass full of water all over it and now it wont boot up.

what are my options?

Today that you plan to retrieve your Bitcoin is when you spill water on the hard drive? It doesn't make any meaning, this look like something you just think and write, a fake event that never took place, be honest.

Every non-custodial wallet has private key or recovery seed, do you leave that in the hard disk as well?

If you buy your Bitcoin yourself and you set up your Bitcoin wallet, and you don't write down your recovery seed, then how the hell did you activate your wallet?

I can remember that as you open a new Bitcoin wallet, it will give you your recovery seed and the next page will ask you to verify, you will need to type the seeds back to confirm that you have really written them down.

Am I the only one thinking that this story is fake?

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Why not back up that key? Any hard disk can be damaged especially with your carelessness that made it unintentionally, but it's your own fault.
Going to the hard disk service officer's place maybe it can still be recovered by them, think about the service fee as others say is it worth the bitcoin in it?
This is a lesson for you, at least in the future don't ever put all important data on the hard drive what with the bitcoin private key, like someone else's suggestion to keep a few backups I think there are many to save that way.

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If you failed to save your seed phrase, there's no other way except recover your hard drive. Your best option is to search for a reliable computer or hard drive repair store. It appears you may have accidentally caused the damage to the drive yourself, making you quite unlucky. Nevertheless, remain composed and explore the possibilities of repairing it. Even if you cannot access the data directly, there might be a chance to transfer your data to another hard drive to regain access.

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Quote from: AsPhYiXiA on July 22, 2023, 03:26:38 AM

all my private keys was stored on the hard drive

Don't you have a backup of your private key somewhere other than the hard drive?
Oh shit. Chances are you won't be able to anymore if the hard drive has been exposed to water. Try drying it with a hairdryer. If that doesn't work, please take it to a service person.

Private keys or seed phrases must be backed up in several places to avoid risks like the one you are experiencing.

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