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  <p>In any case, is there anything preventing me from just installing Bitcoin Core and replacing the default wallet.dat to recover my backed-up wallet? What is the recommended way to recover such an old wallet.dat file?</p>
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<p>You can do just that. In fact, that's exactly the way to restore a backup.</p>

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2019-06-14T16:37:28.143Z
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Ava Chow
<p>I found a wallet.dat file in my backup folder, which I recall last using in 2013. I'm curious to see what the BTC contents are, which I recall being a really small fraction of BTC.</p>

<p>In any case, is there anything preventing me from just installing Bitcoin Core and replacing the default wallet.dat to recover my backed-up wallet? What is the recommended way to recover such an old wallet.dat file?</p>

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How do I restore use of my wallet.dat file, last used in 2013?
Steve Guidi
# How do I restore use of my wallet.dat file, last used in 2013?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-14)

I found a wallet.dat file in my backup folder, which I recall last using in 2013. I'm curious to see what the BTC contents are, which I recall being a really small fraction of BTC.

In any case, is there anything preventing me from just installing Bitcoin Core and replacing the default wallet.dat to recover my backed-up wallet? What is the recommended way to recover such an old wallet.dat file?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-06-14. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

> In any case, is there anything preventing me from just installing Bitcoin Core and replacing the default wallet.dat to recover my backed-up wallet? What is the recommended way to recover such an old wallet.dat file?

You can do just that. In fact, that's exactly the way to restore a backup.


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