Recovering mysql database from data folder backup

Question

I have uninstalled the old XAMPP and deleted all of the content of d:\\xampp folder and installed the new one. When I copy my backup folder (with the name of my

Answer 1

I ran into the same problem. I had all my projects in mysql which I lost somehow.

mysql under my old xampp had got deleted/uninstalled somehow. I did not even have the data folder to copy to new xampp location.

I browsed through the folders and found mysql/data and mysql/backup in below location.

C:\xampp\perl\mysql\data

C:\xampp\perl\mysql\backup

This is what I did.

I copied both these folders in place of new xampp mysql/data and mysql/backup folders.

I also copied other files (not folders) under /mysql from old xampp to new xampp /mysql.

Stop new xampp mysql and apache servers if running. Restart.

Viola I got all the lost databases back.

Hope this helps.