user31892: I have a bit of bitcoin lingering in an old bitcoin wallet (circa 2011). I just restored it from a backup but I can't seem to load it into bitcoin-qt.
If I launch the app, shut it down, the copy in my old wallet.dat file and re-open, it shows a zero balance.
If, instead, I shut it down, copy over the entirety of my old .bitcoin folder, and then re-open, I get an immediate segfault. How screwed am I?

user6256: You may find the following post relevant:
Wallet.dat (<0.4.0) format: retrieving Bitcoin, possible security concerns
This post details some of the steps you may need to perform to import the wallet into a current client, the biggest time consumer will be waiting for the full blockchain to sync with the current network. 

31892: <p>I have a bit of bitcoin lingering in an old bitcoin wallet (circa 2011). I just restored it from a backup but I can't seem to load it into <code>bitcoin-qt</code>.</p>

<p>If I launch the app, shut it down, the copy in my old <code>wallet.dat</code> file and re-open, it shows a zero balance.</p>

<p>If, instead, I shut it down, copy over the entirety of my old <code>.bitcoin</code> folder, and then re-open, I get an immediate segfault. How screwed am I?</p>
 6256: <p>You may find the following post relevant:</p>

<p><a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/37247/wallet-dat-0-4-0-format-retrieving-bitcoin-possible-security-concerns">Wallet.dat (&lt;0.4.0) format: retrieving Bitcoin, possible security concerns</a></p>

<p>This post details some of the steps you may need to perform to import the wallet into a current client, the biggest time consumer will be waiting for the full blockchain to sync with the current network. </p>
