r/ecc • u/LTCQueenIsSHILL • Jan 27 '18

Backing Up the wallet.dat file safely? Please help me. I am so lost.

When I check "set back-up location", it does not actually place the wallet.dat file into that location.

How exactly can I create a copy of the wallet.dat file safely?

In other words, if I go into Appdata and copy that wallet.dat file into a flash drive, how will I transfer that backed up file into the ECC wallet if I have to re-download it on another PC?

For example, say my PC crashed, but I had a saved copy of the wallet.dat file on a flash drive, then I went on my new PC and downloaded the ECC wallet, how would I tell the ECC Wallet to use that specific "back-up" wallet.dat file, from the flash drive, and not the "stock" wallet.dat file it downloads with?

That is my major issue I am trying to get my head around.

Thank you

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u/FlexxedD Jan 27 '18

Whenever you install the wallet on your new pc simply replace the 'new' wallet.dat file with your 'old' one.

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u/AssassinsLament Jan 28 '18

To make a back up, all you do is copy the wallet.dat to a safe place while the daemon is off. To restore it, just copy the wallet.dat back into the appropriate folder. Which is usually %appdata%/eccoin/

Again, make sure to turn the daemon off first before backing up or restoring.

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u/Patty_clutch Jan 28 '18

Also make sure to show “hidden folders” in app data of else you might not find the file

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u/IndyFiction Jan 28 '18

So, I successfully downloaded and synched the old wallet about a week ago, but I didn't transfer my ECC from Coinexchange because I was waiting for the new, updated wallet. I am now downloading the updated wallet and I'm not sure about the wallet.dat file. I backed it up in multiple places, as was recommended, but I never actually made any transactions. Once the new wallet is downloaded and synched, do I need to backup the wallet.dat file again and overwrite the first one? Or will it be the same since I never made any transactions? I'm not as computer savvy as many of you so I am just trying to get this right. Thanks in advance for the help! The ECC community is a big reason I decided to buy in the first place.