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  <p>Hi is there any way to recover my Bitcoin-Qt wallet with only an address and the wallet password?</p>
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<p>No. I can't think of a secure way for the Bitcoin developers to add recovery method like that, either.</p>

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  <p>Unfortunately my disk was formatted.</p>
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<p>Do you mean that the space containing your wallet was overwritten, or that the space at the front of the disk that tells your computer how to read the disk was changed?</p>

<p>If it's the second one, your Bitcoins might be recoverable.</p>

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2014-12-24T20:50:30.473Z
*I can't think of a secure way for the Bitcoin developers to add recovery method like that, either.* If it were a deterministic/HD wallet like Armory, Electrum, etc. then you could. But the way Bitcoin Core works, no, you can't recover it without the wallet.
Tim S.
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2014-12-25T01:08:00.023Z
As nick said, if it's just that the FAT (file allocation table, like an index) is formatted STOP using the HDD immediately and seek backup services
Wizard Of Ozzie
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2014-12-24T19:16:41.767Z
2014-12-24T19:16:41.767Z
Nick ODell
<p>Hi is there any way to recover my Bitcoin-Qt wallet with only an address and the wallet password? Unfortunately my disk was formatted.</p>

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any way to recover lost qt bitcoin wallet?
Tomas Prokupek
# any way to recover lost qt bitcoin wallet?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-24)

Hi is there any way to recover my Bitcoin-Qt wallet with only an address and the wallet password? Unfortunately my disk was formatted.

**Tags:** wallet, bitcoin-core, lost-bitcoins


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-12-24. Score: 2

> Hi is there any way to recover my Bitcoin-Qt wallet with only an address and the wallet password?

No. I can't think of a secure way for the Bitcoin developers to add recovery method like that, either.

> Unfortunately my disk was formatted.

Do you mean that the space containing your wallet was overwritten, or that the space at the front of the disk that tells your computer how to read the disk was changed?

If it's the second one, your Bitcoins might be recoverable.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: *I can't think of a secure way for the Bitcoin developers to add recovery method like that, either.* If it were a deterministic/HD wallet like Armory, Electrum, etc. then you could. But the way Bitcoin Core works, no, you can't recover it without the wallet.  
> **username_3**: As username_1 said, if it's just that the FAT (file allocation table, like an index) is formatted STOP using the HDD immediately and seek backup services  

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