unable to connect to server for Postgres

Question

I have a problem to connect server for Postgres after I updated my windows.Before I update there is no problem to open the database. My database in Postgres also gone. When I wa

Answer 1

I got this error message when I moved my database to another computer.

I also got some error messages when starting the server first with

pg_ctl -D /wherever/your/database/is start

which were

pg_ctl: another server might be running; trying to start server anyway server starting

DETAIL: File "/wherever/your/database/is/PG_VERSION" does not contain valid data.

HINT: You might need to initdb.

In my case rather than running initdb this command actually fixed the issue

pg_ctl -D /wherever/your/database/is restart