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Old 03-24-09, 05:12
Bodhost-Andy Bodhost-Andy is offline
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Currently i am using windows xp OS in my computer. Couple of days ago my OS got corrupted and i reinstalled it again. I have big amount of MySQL databases which were created in my previous OS and i copied my entire MySQL folder to the new drive using command prompt. Now i reinstalled MySQL in my new windows xp OS. What is the procedure to add the old data to currently installed MySQL. Hope you have got my question. I am not so good with MySQL so waiting for your guidance.

Thanks in Advance..
You can add the old data to currently installed My SQL.Just copy "data" folder from old My sql to new My sql "data" folder without overwriting existing databases in new My sql
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