I installed win8, installed last version of client. Put wallet.dat in to the bitcoin data dir, and client won't start.
Logs showing:
debug.log
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Bitcoin version v0.7.1-beta (2012-10-09 13:22:09 -0400)
Using OpenSSL version OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012
Startup time: 11/26/12 06:11:21
Default data directory C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
Used data directory C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
dbenv.open LogDir=C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\database ErrorFile=C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\db.log
Failed to rename wallet.dat to wallet.1353910281.bak
Using OpenSSL version OpenSSL 1.0.1c 10 May 2012
Startup time: 11/26/12 06:11:21
Default data directory C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
Used data directory C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
dbenv.open LogDir=C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\database ErrorFile=C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\db.log
Failed to rename wallet.dat to wallet.1353910281.bak
db.log
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Page 0: metadata page corrupted
Page 0: could not check metadata page
wallet.dat: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database verification failed
__db_meta_setup: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\wallet.dat: unexpected file type or format
Page 0: could not check metadata page
wallet.dat: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database verification failed
__db_meta_setup: C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin\wallet.dat: unexpected file type or format
I tried to use bitcointools:
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D:\bitcointools-master>fixwallet.py
ERROR:root:Couldn't open wallet.dat/main. Try quitting Bitcoin and running this
again.
The client is closed, there is no process in task manager. Tryed to use "-rescan" option, the same result.ERROR:root:Couldn't open wallet.dat/main. Try quitting Bitcoin and running this
again.
Tryed to do like here https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/guide-simple-wallet-recovery-using-bitcointools-11331 - the result is the same...
any ideas what to do? it willl be so sad to lose half year bitcoins...((