Topic: lost access to my bitcoin wallet... - page 3. (Read 441 times)
all my private keys was stored on the hard drive
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?
The optical drive of it could still be done by some experts but you know that it's going to cost you money. And much worse if there's really a balance in there like a hefty amount of Bitcoin. what are my options?
You should only get those recovery experts that you trust because if those are the experts that you don't know then they may create a scene that it's totally empty.
Because you have to tell them what you are up to and why you need to recovery what's inside the HDD.
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?
1) Stop using that harddrive or try to connect it to any power source, put it under the sun to dry and make sure all the water has dried up.what are my options?
2) go to the nearest specialized store and ask them to help you make this disk work.
If it was just water spilled on it and you have the wallet file or seed or you remember your password, there is a great chance of getting your coins back.
If the damage is significant, some specialists can help you, but in any case, stop using it or connect it to any power source.
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?
what are my options?
I just want to ask you dude, how did you lose access to your Bitcoin? Shouldn't you know your private key for the Bitcoin address you mentioned? unless you misplace the private key you have for the Bitcoin address you are hiding. or Except it's not. if it was hacked, was the address you used for bitcoin hacked that you put the address on your hard drive?
Because even if your hard drive has a problem, as long as you have your private key, you will still be able to open that account with your bitcoin for sure. Unless you haven't saved your private here in your Bitcoin address. I also don't understand in your post if your Bitcoin is in a cold or hardware wallet?
Calculate how much bitcoin you own in USD(or your local currency) terms, then decide if it's worth paying decent sums of money for a file recovery service. It might cost a good amount of money.
After your calculations, if you discover that you can afford the service and still make some good profit, you can seek a reputable recovery service provider. It will not be also a bad idea to get the service of legal professional if you have a good number of coins. There is a need for a legal document to be signed that states the terms and conditions of service. Nobody can be trusted with money. 
Calculate how much bitcoin you own in USD(or your local currency) terms, then decide if it's worth paying decent sums of money for a file recovery service. It might cost a good amount of money.
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?
what are my options?
I don't know if this story is true or not, but as far as I know as long as you don't scratch the HDD platter the data on it should still be accessible by taking it to a technician who specializes in HDD repair. Usually they will replace the shorted part so that your data can be accessed. The repair costs vary depending on the damage, but for a short circuit like this it shouldn't be too expensive.
And as a precaution, you have to pay attention to how they access your HDD, because they might duplicate your data.
Technically Bitcoins are not stored in your hard drives, it's just in the blockchain and it always be so the wallet and private keys are just the path ways to access them.
You can recover your Bitcoin very easily if you have access to the private keys which you are supposed to keep secured.
If you don't have keys then you need to recover the wallet.dat file from that HDD which is expensive as well as doesn't give you any guarantee that the recovery process will be success.
You can recover your Bitcoin very easily if you have access to the private keys which you are supposed to keep secured.
If you don't have keys then you need to recover the wallet.dat file from that HDD which is expensive as well as doesn't give you any guarantee that the recovery process will be success.
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?
what are my options?
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