everything i deleted is still in recycling bin, what should I do? can you tell me step by step? im new to this troubleshooting stuff never had a problem before with btc wallet. what i did was delete everything in the bitcoin folder then just dragged the .dat file from my flashdrive back into the folder and opened wallet up. it started but there weren't any addresses in it. would it be in the deleted files? how do i know which one? theres an "addr" .dat file, would that be it?
No, not the "addr" .dat file. Your bitcoin adresses and private keys are in the wallet.dat file. When did you put the wallet.dat on the flashdrive? It sounds like the one from the flashdrive might not have your addresses and private keys. You may want to make a backup copy of the wallet.dat file from the trashbin before you lose it. 
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also what is the private key associated with the address? how do i find this?
everything i deleted is still in recycling bin, what should I do? can you tell me step by step? im new to this troubleshooting stuff never had a problem before with btc wallet. what i did was delete everything in the bitcoin folder then just dragged the .dat file from my flashdrive back into the folder and opened wallet up. it started but there weren't any addresses in it. would it be in the deleted files? how do i know which one? theres an "addr" .dat file, would that be it?
If you still have the backup of your original wallet.dat from before reinstalling bitcoin-qt, I would stop/exit/quit the bitcoin-qt program. Wait for it to completely finish shutting down. Then delete the wallet.dat that is currently in the appdata directory. Finally, copy the backed up wallet.dat into the appdata directory and start bitcoin-qt back up.
just to be safe, i recommend against EVER deleting a wallet.dat . . . instead, rename it old_wallet_2012_11_27.dat and put it somewhere safe.
If you still have the backup of your original wallet.dat from before reinstalling bitcoin-qt, I would stop/exit/quit the bitcoin-qt program. Wait for it to completely finish shutting down. Then delete the wallet.dat that is currently in the appdata directory. Finally, copy the backed up wallet.dat into the appdata directory and start bitcoin-qt back up.
just to be safe, i recommend against EVER deleting a wallet.dat.
your hard drive is terabytes, your wallet.dat is killobytes.
instead, rename it old_wallet_2012_11_27.dat and put it somewhere safe.
If you still have the backup of your original wallet.dat from before reinstalling bitcoin-qt, I would stop/exit/quit the bitcoin-qt program. Wait for it to completely finish shutting down. Then delete the wallet.dat that is currently in the appdata directory. Finally, copy the backed up wallet.dat into the appdata directory and start bitcoin-qt back up.
one more thing, under "receive coins" the address isn't there. I have it i think on the receipt from the deposit from zipzap but it's not in the wallet, is this a problem?
Yes, this is a problem. You are sure you are using your original backed up wallet.dat file? It sounds to me like you deleted everything and re-installed the bitcoin-qt program. If you still have a backup of your original wallet.dat file you can still get your coins. If you know what the private key was that was associated with your bitcoin address, then you can import it into this new wallet. If you don't have a copy of your original wallet.dat file, and you don't have the private key, then you will never be able to access those coins. They are lost to the blockchain forever.
one more thing, under "receive coins" the address isn't there. I have it i think on the receipt from the deposit from zipzap but it's not in the wallet, is this a problem?
1. is this transaction still in the chain somewhere(vendor verified transaction went through)?
To see all transactions received into the blockchain at your address, you can copy and paste this link into your browser.http://blockchain.info/address/YOURADDRESSHERE
Replace the YOURADDRESSHERE text with your actual bitcoin address before hitting [ENTER]
2. does this seem like it's taking a long time (probably only downloaded 20k in last 5 hours)?
The early days of bitcoin had relatively few transactions per block, so validation of the blocks as they download runs pretty quickly for the first two-thirds of the blockchain or so. Then the most recent one-third of the blocks or so takes MUCH longer to validate. The explosion of high volume low value transactions created by popular services such as SatoshiDice causes the blockchain to processes much slower with the more recent blocks. It should complete eventually, but depending on the specs of your particular system could take as much as several days to finish.
1. is this transaction still in the chain somewhere?
you can look up your receiving address on blockchain.info to confirm that the coins have been sent to it.
Just leave the computer on over night. Get a good night sleep at the same time.
It took a while for me too.
It took a while for me too.
I had to restore my wallet with .dat file and download whole blockchain over. The first 100k went very fast, but it's been stuck on 136k for a few hours now. I still have to get to 209K. I purchased some coinage friday and didnt receive them by the time i ran into the problem so my first question is
1. is this transaction still in the chain somewhere(vendor verified transaction went through)?
2. does this seem like it's taking a long time (probably only downloaded 20k in last 5 hours)?
thanks
1. is this transaction still in the chain somewhere(vendor verified transaction went through)?
2. does this seem like it's taking a long time (probably only downloaded 20k in last 5 hours)?
thanks
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