Windows Client Overwrites "Backup" DAT Files about ravencoin HOT 6 CLOSED

What I ended up doing was:

• Started the new Raven-QT.exe, and configured the data directory.
• Then exited right as soon as it started to sync (not actually letting it sync).
• Then copied in my backup wallet.dat.
• Then started the new Raven-QT.exe again.

So, in your list put 3 at the end after 6, if that makes sense. I'm not sure if I had the same issue, but that's how I ended up doing it for some reason. Might be worth a try as a workaround.

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I tried that as well.

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I was trying to track down the binary from January/Early feb to see if that would work better (could be a version bug?) but I don't know how to find the executable from prior to current.

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What does debug logs says after overriding the wallet.dat file?

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Here is a snippet:

2018-02-28 20:52:59 Using data directory D:\Raven
2018-02-28 20:52:59 Using config file D:\Raven\raven.conf
2018-02-28 20:52:59 Using at most 125 automatic connections (2048 file descriptors available)
2018-02-28 20:52:59 GUI: "registerShutdownBlockReason: Successfully registered: Raven Core didn't yet exit safely..."
2018-02-28 20:52:59 Using 16 MiB out of 32/2 requested for signature cache, able to store 524288 elements
2018-02-28 20:52:59 Using 16 MiB out of 32/2 requested for script execution cache, able to store 524288 elements
2018-02-28 20:52:59 Using 4 threads for script verification
2018-02-28 20:52:59 init message: Verifying wallet(s)...
2018-02-28 20:52:59 scheduler thread start
2018-02-28 20:52:59 Using BerkeleyDB version Berkeley DB 4.8.30: (April 9, 2010)
2018-02-28 20:52:59 Using wallet wallet.dat
2018-02-28 20:52:59 CDBEnv::Open: LogDir=D:\Raven\database ErrorFile=D:\Raven\db.log
2018-02-28 20:52:59 RavenMiner -- started
2018-02-28 20:52:59 Cache configuration:
2018-02-28 20:52:59 * Using 2.0MiB for block index database
2018-02-28 20:52:59 * Using 8.0MiB for chain state database
2018-02-28 20:52:59 * Using 440.0MiB for in-memory UTXO set (plus up to 286.1MiB of unused mempool space)
2018-02-28 20:52:59 init message: Loading block index...

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If anyone is experiencing overwrite of the wallet.dat -- actual destruction of the wallet.dat file, please comment here.

For a likely fix for the above problem, run the ravend with -rescan to cause the Ravencoin client to rescan any downloaded chain data for transactions with the addresses it finds in the wallet.

Safely backup any wallet.dat files before experimentation!

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