Hard Drive Died, Need to Recovery w/ My Key Code & Address

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I had LiteCoin Core on previous computer, but the hard drive died. I have moderate computer skills, but have never recovered anything like this. I saved my Key Code and Address on a thumb drive, but would like step-by-step directions how to recover it. I figure it is a one shot deal and don’t want to screw it up. Thank you

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What is a “Key Code” ?

You need one of these:

  1. a string of characters beginning with a 6
  2. a string of characters beginning with a T
  3. 12 seed words
  4. wallet.dat file
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if you have none of the above … another rare forms of private keys are:

  • string of 64 hex characters
  • string of 44 base64 encoded characters (usualy ends with a = character)
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I miscommunicated what I meant when I labeled it a “Key” code.
That is actually my “DAT File”.

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  1. download litecoin core: https://download.litecoin.org/litecoin-0.18.1/win/litecoin-0.18.1-win64-setup.exe
  2. install and start it, turn it off at the first chance you get (this is to create the necessary folder structure)
  3. copy your wallet.dat to c:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Litecoin\wallets
  4. start litecoin core again, wait for blockchain to download and rescan
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I apologize, I need a little more clarification.

  1. What command do I use to stop the download.
  2. Where will I find the:
    c:\Users[username]\AppData\Roaming\Litecoin\wallets
    so I know where to copy the DAT file to it?
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  1. finish the download, install, start, turn off the program before putting the file into the folder
  2. start file explorer and put this into address bar: %APPDATA%\Litecoin\wallets
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I clicked on the link you sent, it downloaded and now It is telling me:
Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.

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How did you install litecoin core on the computer before your hard drive died?
Do it the same way now.

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