Topic: Unsure what to do with .wallet file (Read 523 times)
Yea I do have a habit of dropping in to help people that is because I like to help them. I hope she decide to ask for my help because i can at least try even if she gave up. She said the file was a text of passphrase not the wallet Haiden if you see this i would still be glad to help just let me know then your move.
if you followed the post, youll notice i told people i had to sell my computer, i only found this response because of my email. but thanks for taking the time to not only fail to read my posts, but accuse me of being unfair. your greed is really shining through.
the very reason i even bothered looking through hdds is because im currently out of work and was desperate, but im not selfish.
Don't worry about that guy... if you look through his post history, he has a habit of dropping into "I need help recovering wallet" type posts, saying something really "helpful" like:the very reason i even bothered looking through hdds is because im currently out of work and was desperate, but im not selfish.
Do you know your bitcoin address you can look it up on blockchain.com. If you have your private key still you can recover your coins. Just go to electrum.org them copy it in electrum and you should be able to get it. Let me know if you need help and if you get it send me the reward.
And then disappearing... his history is full of examples like that and asking for 1+BTC loans without collateral etc... 
Sorry to hear that you had to sell your PC and that you were unable to recover the wallet... in all honesty, the recovered .wallet files you found sounded like they were quite badly corrupted. Generally, a multibit .wallet file (even if it was locked with a password) would still show something like this when opened in a text editor:
So, if your .wallet files didn't show the "org.bitcoin.production" (and/or the "org.multibit.walletProtect.2") text, then they were most likely corrupted or not multibit wallet files.
Hi im sorry I didnt mean to sound rude. Hope I didnt im just in need of some btc also and would love to help solve it im good with wallets. If you still have the files i can still try to help you. Who knows maybe ill have a solution to help you out also get you back btc for you and me. But if not ill leave it at that.
Hi I guess your dont need any help where are you? Everyone gave you suggestions to help then all sudden you dont want to talk. You said you were serious about giving reward of one fourth if anyone helped. Did anyone help you or did you just take the bitcoin for yourself. This dont make sense you wanted help then just stop postin. I hope you do the right thing like you said and give the bitcoin to who ever helped you shouldnt leave people hangin. Well if you did get the coin then my address is 13ogmvro1bzG7i1rqYCxs67KzK7k1fEhqQ
I hope you dont leave and do us right. We all should help each other because you asked .
I hope you dont leave and do us right. We all should help each other because you asked .
if you followed the post, youll notice i told people i had to sell my computer, i only found this response because of my email. but thanks for taking the time to not only fail to read my posts, but accuse me of being unfair. your greed is really shining through.
the very reason i even bothered looking through hdds is because im currently out of work and was desperate, but im not selfish.
I've used Recuva before, basically it just undeletes whatever it can find. Although binary files can get tricky, it might add or subtract a byte or two and that could ruin the file. You never know though.
I hope you get your coin. I've never used multibit as I didn't agree with how it worked back then, always stuck with Core (no matter how unwieldy it is, you have to download the whole blockchain now.
I hope you get your coin. I've never used multibit as I didn't agree with how it worked back then, always stuck with Core (no matter how unwieldy it is, you have to download the whole blockchain now.
Hi I guess your dont need any help where are you? Everyone gave you suggestions to help then all sudden you dont want to talk. You said you were serious about giving reward of one fourth if anyone helped. Did anyone help you or did you just take the bitcoin for yourself. This dont make sense you wanted help then just stop postin. I hope you do the right thing like you said and give the bitcoin to who ever helped you shouldnt leave people hangin. Well if you did get the coin then my address is 13ogmvro1bzG7i1rqYCxs67KzK7k1fEhqQ
I hope you dont leave and do us right. We all should help each other because you asked .
I hope you dont leave and do us right. We all should help each other because you asked .
sorry havent been able to get online, on an old tablet. had to sell my pc. i havent no. probably a lost cause.
So have you been able to get the wallet open? Ive not heard from you.
hi i appreciate the response. not sure how you could, but id be forever thankful. im very serious about a percentage going to who can. ive had people pm me already, they just wanted me to send them the information. of course i wouldn't do that. im desperate sure but not naive. if you have any ideas itd be helpful to post here i think, that way maybe someone can give input on ideas. ideas are always better when shared anyway i think. thank you once again.
im selling my system in a week i think, but will keep hdds. got to eat after all.
im selling my system in a week i think, but will keep hdds. got to eat after all.
Hi , Haiden can I talk to you please send me a pm. I think I know how to help you. Im not trying to trick you into anything or if you like I can post it here let me know soon. Thanks
the only files i was able to find so far are text files, but the text is gibberish. "8–’XJQ*æhµ»Ç7U(Y^;I±T¡Û" . but the title of the files seems very familiar. one of the file names is "PPhrase".
im probably giving up soon , unfortunately i need the money so im selling my pc. appreciate all the help.
im probably giving up soon , unfortunately i need the money so im selling my pc. appreciate all the help.
Just a warning, dont make the mistake of trusting some newbies who PM you and ask you to send them your wallet file. Someone might try to take advantage of your situation although without the passphrase it is hard to get ahead.
I've been on the net since dial-up, that could never happen. Appreciate the concern.
Update:
I am unable to access the file which I apparently saved as a .txt , which I am certain was a text file that I left the passphrase on. I also may have left a private comment on my FB page, to myself, with said passphrase. That is in the early days of BTC tho I believe, back when a lot of people did not believe it would go anywhere. I'm going to check all posts I made from specific years, to make certain. I also seem to recall trashing an HDD due to some , uh, questionable stuff I may/may not have been up to back then. Pretty sure I had a couple wallets on there. facepalming hard here.
What did you scan your drives with? There ate several lowl scanners for tgis
I'm not very well versed on all the different types, I'll admit. What I used was Recuva.
Edit: I'm sure you've all heard this before, but if I managed to work this out with help, I would absolutely compensate whoever. Hard times are upon me, which is what lead me to even bother.
Does Recuva give you an orange or a red mark for the .txt filename? If it's orange, it should be pretty possible to get it back, even within recuva, using the deep search thing and turning on all the recovery settings. If it's red, it's probably overwritten several times by now. The good news is its an HDD so there is no degradation when it's stopped compared to SSD.
Even if it's red, you have a chance if a pro looks at your case with the required gear, or you can learn doing it yourself. Do not plug the HDD again within a computer, you need special gear to make a copy and work from there. In this forum you can asks some data recovery experts: http://eraser.heidi.ie/forum/
I wouldn't bother with bruteforcing unless the password was less than 8 characters without special characters.
Any ideas for a password? Numbers, letters, length, encoding, etc? If you are sure that it's on the disk and there is some idea of it's format, then you can find everything that looks like a password scanning the dump of the disk or using direct access and try to use it to unlock the wallet in auto mode. But programming skills and knowledge of files system are needed here. For example, there are MFT (master file table) in NTFS. And small files (called resident files) are store entirely within their MFT record. I think recovery program should do correct restore this files, but if MFT damaged maybe better try to restore manually. So first step for NTFS is scan MFT file for small txt data.
You can try to restore the partition using different programs.
For low-level access, manual recovery, dump I used WinHEX (but you need to figure out how the file system works), to restore partitions - testdisk.
For automatic file recovery, it is better to try as many programs as possible, sometimes different programs sometimes give different results.
In any case, first of all you need to have a copy of the disc in case the original accidentally damage.
Good luck.
You can try to restore the partition using different programs.
For low-level access, manual recovery, dump I used WinHEX (but you need to figure out how the file system works), to restore partitions - testdisk.
For automatic file recovery, it is better to try as many programs as possible, sometimes different programs sometimes give different results.
In any case, first of all you need to have a copy of the disc in case the original accidentally damage.
Good luck.
I appreciate the response. I will try what you suggested. What I am offering is 1/4 of the total amount. I am certain there is quite a bit, becaue I bought a bunch of coin way back when BTC first came out. Will keep you al posted, thanks again.
Edit: I did make a copy as well, thats the first thing I did before attempting any recovery.
Any ideas for a password? Numbers, letters, length, encoding, etc? If you are sure that it's on the disk and there is some idea of it's format, then you can find everything that looks like a password scanning the dump of the disk or using direct access and try to use it to unlock the wallet in auto mode. But programming skills and knowledge of files system are needed here. For example, there are MFT (master file table) in NTFS. And small files (called resident files) are store entirely within their MFT record. I think recovery program should do correct restore this files, but if MFT damaged maybe better try to restore manually. So first step for NTFS is scan MFT file for small txt data.
You can try to restore the partition using different programs.
For low-level access, manual recovery, dump I used WinHEX (but you need to figure out how the file system works), to restore partitions - testdisk.
For automatic file recovery, it is better to try as many programs as possible, sometimes different programs sometimes give different results.
In any case, first of all you need to have a copy of the disc in case the original accidentally damage.
Good luck.
You can try to restore the partition using different programs.
For low-level access, manual recovery, dump I used WinHEX (but you need to figure out how the file system works), to restore partitions - testdisk.
For automatic file recovery, it is better to try as many programs as possible, sometimes different programs sometimes give different results.
In any case, first of all you need to have a copy of the disc in case the original accidentally damage.
Good luck.
Just a warning, dont make the mistake of trusting some newbies who PM you and ask you to send them your wallet file. Someone might try to take advantage of your situation although without the passphrase it is hard to get ahead.
I've been on the net since dial-up, that could never happen. Appreciate the concern.
Update:
I am unable to access the file which I apparently saved as a .txt , which I am certain was a text file that I left the passphrase on. I also may have left a private comment on my FB page, to myself, with said passphrase. That is in the early days of BTC tho I believe, back when a lot of people did not believe it would go anywhere. I'm going to check all posts I made from specific years, to make certain. I also seem to recall trashing an HDD due to some , uh, questionable stuff I may/may not have been up to back then. Pretty sure I had a couple wallets on there. facepalming hard here.
What did you scan your drives with? There ate several lowl scanners for tgis
I'm not very well versed on all the different types, I'll admit. What I used was Recuva.
Edit: I'm sure you've all heard this before, but if I managed to work this out with help, I would absolutely compensate whoever. Hard times are upon me, which is what lead me to even bother.
Just a warning, dont make the mistake of trusting some newbies who PM you and ask you to send them your wallet file. Someone might try to take advantage of your situation although without the passphrase it is hard to get ahead.
I've been on the net since dial-up, that could never happen. Appreciate the concern.
Update:
I am unable to access the file which I apparently saved as a .txt , which I am certain was a text file that I left the passphrase on. I also may have left a private comment on my FB page, to myself, with said passphrase. That is in the early days of BTC tho I believe, back when a lot of people did not believe it would go anywhere. I'm going to check all posts I made from specific years, to make certain. I also seem to recall trashing an HDD due to some , uh, questionable stuff I may/may not have been up to back then. Pretty sure I had a couple wallets on there. facepalming hard here.
What did you scan your drives with? There ate several lowl scanners for tgis
Just a warning, dont make the mistake of trusting some newbies who PM you and ask you to send them your wallet file. Someone might try to take advantage of your situation although without the passphrase it is hard to get ahead.
I've been on the net since dial-up, that could never happen. Appreciate the concern.
Update:
I am unable to access the file which I apparently saved as a .txt , which I am certain was a text file that I left the passphrase on. I also may have left a private comment on my FB page, to myself, with said passphrase. That is in the early days of BTC tho I believe, back when a lot of people did not believe it would go anywhere. I'm going to check all posts I made from specific years, to make certain. I also seem to recall trashing an HDD due to some , uh, questionable stuff I may/may not have been up to back then. Pretty sure I had a couple wallets on there. facepalming hard here.
Just a warning, dont make the mistake of trusting some newbies who PM you and ask you to send them your wallet file. Someone might try to take advantage of your situation although without the passphrase it is hard to get ahead.
OK , that is done. It has been syncing for about 2 mins or so. Unsure if thats a good sign or not.
It might not "sync" properly... That client is so old and outdated, that it might not be working correctly. However, if you have managed to open the .wallet files with MultiBit Classic, then you might want to try:1. Look at the "Request" tab... it should show any addresses contained within the wallet. Then check those addresses on a block explorer like blockchain.com or BlockCypher
2. Try and export the private keys using "Tools -> Export Private Keys"
Finally, is the wallet displayed with a little padlock icon this:
If so, it is definitely password protected and you'll need that password to send coins or export the private keys
--snip--
Edit: Also, I suppose it does not matter if there is BTC in there, considering I do not have the passphrase. Man that would be a kick in the face if I found coin in the wallet.
Edit: Also, I suppose it does not matter if there is BTC in there, considering I do not have the passphrase. Man that would be a kick in the face if I found coin in the wallet.
If you have *any* idear what your password *might* look like, you can always try to setup btcrecover:
https://github.com/gurnec/btcrecover
Mind you, this will ONLY work if you have a clue what your password will more or less look like (for example, if you know you only used upper/lowercase letters and numbers, and always create passwords that are 5 - 10 letters long, and you're pretty sure you always use a date in your password => you might have a shot at bruteforcing the password, eventough it might take a very long time)
The file name format resembles this description: (so there's a high chance that it is a Multibit classic wallet)
With your reply, I guess you've downloaded the "classic" not the HD version and successfully selected the file, right?
then that "word" must be your passphrase.
If not, download the Multibit Classic instead of Multibit HD and use "File / Open wallet" and browse t the location of your wallet file(s).
Wallet backups. These are two more directories where backups are made of your wallets. One stores backups for encrypted wallets, the other for unencrypted wallets. These files are in the format 'saving-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.wallet' and 'saving-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.info'.
With your reply, I guess you've downloaded the "classic" not the HD version and successfully selected the file, right?
then that "word" must be your passphrase.
If not, download the Multibit Classic instead of Multibit HD and use "File / Open wallet" and browse t the location of your wallet file(s).
OK , that is done. It has been syncing for about 2 mins or so. Unsure if thats a good sign or not. Ill go make some coffee and relax with some YouTube for a bit. Not expecting this to work/anything to be there. It would be a very welcomed surprise tho. If there was anything there, I'll make sure to , well, "pay it forward" to someone in need. I appreciate your help and will update.
Edit: Also, I suppose it does not matter if there is BTC in there, considering I do not have the passphrase. Man that would be a kick in the face if I found coin in the wallet.
The file name format resembles this description: (so there's a high chance that it is a Multibit classic wallet)
With your reply, I guess you've downloaded the "classic" not the HD version and successfully selected the file, right?
then that "word" must be your passphrase.
If not, download the Multibit Classic instead of Multibit HD and use "File / Open wallet" and browse t the location of your wallet file(s).
Wallet backups. These are two more directories where backups are made of your wallets. One stores backups for encrypted wallets, the other for unencrypted wallets. These files are in the format 'saving-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.wallet' and 'saving-YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.info'.
With your reply, I guess you've downloaded the "classic" not the HD version and successfully selected the file, right?
then that "word" must be your passphrase.
If not, download the Multibit Classic instead of Multibit HD and use "File / Open wallet" and browse t the location of your wallet file(s).
Appreciate the help. I have tried this, it gives me no option to open an existing wallet until I enter the word. I'm guessing thats a passphrase? That is something I do not have, because I cannot read a file, which I apparently saved as text file. My guess is that is corrupt. I am hoping it is a wallet. If so, then perhaps the text file I have contains the information needed to open it. I absolutely did get BTC around that time, and did not use it. I picked up the coin in order to save it.
the only wallet software that i know of that used "*.wallet" extension name was MultiBit wallet which is now discontinued. since MultiBit was around back in 2013 it also matches the dates of those files (2013-11 and 2014-07). it also used a similar format to store the wallet files (meaning it included dates). so you might want to download MultiBit and check if it can import/read your files. here is the website: https://multibit.org/ you still can find releases at the bottom of the page.
ps. make sure to make a backup of the files before importing them in any software.
ps. make sure to make a backup of the files before importing them in any software.
Back in 2014 I picked up some BTC. At the time, I was going through a ton of personal issues, forgot al about it. Recently I found a few old HDDs, after connecting them to my PC, I found them to be empty. I was curious, so I ran recovery on one of them and found several files. Two of which are below see image.
I also have a text file. When opened, I see for example: "8–’XJQ*æhµ»Ç7U(Y^;I±T¡Ûi¯Áø¶¥ð39Šå*ùb×õÑ:Ýæà86žë`" , which tells me its either corrupted or ... something with encoding? I'll be honesty, this actually baffles me, as I have no experience with it. What caught my eye is, I recall saving this exact file, it is my passphrase for a wallet which I got back in... 2009? When ever BTC first became a thing. The only reason I am bothering, other than curiosity, is because I have recently run into some pretty bad times, financially. I'm not one to believe in miracles etc, but this being a coincidence does not fit. I do recall purchasing the BTC and never using it. Any more details I can try to give, please ask and I will do my very best. I'm probably working myself up here for nothing, but you never know I guess.
Appreciate any suggestions.
(Apologies if the image does not post, its been years since I have used a forum)
https://i.imgur.com/4jr6hOs.png
I also have a text file. When opened, I see for example: "8–’XJQ*æhµ»Ç7U(Y^;I±T¡Ûi¯Áø¶¥ð39Šå*ùb×õÑ:Ýæà86žë`" , which tells me its either corrupted or ... something with encoding? I'll be honesty, this actually baffles me, as I have no experience with it. What caught my eye is, I recall saving this exact file, it is my passphrase for a wallet which I got back in... 2009? When ever BTC first became a thing. The only reason I am bothering, other than curiosity, is because I have recently run into some pretty bad times, financially. I'm not one to believe in miracles etc, but this being a coincidence does not fit. I do recall purchasing the BTC and never using it. Any more details I can try to give, please ask and I will do my very best. I'm probably working myself up here for nothing, but you never know I guess.
Appreciate any suggestions.
(Apologies if the image does not post, its been years since I have used a forum)
https://i.imgur.com/4jr6hOs.png
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