Fresh Installation using Previous Database

[theinkjetmarket]

Hi

I have been working on building my site on my laptop for some time. I have installed many contributions but when I finally insatlled cool menu I could nit get it to work. I have decided to to a fresh install of OSC. How to I get the new install to use my old database.

 

I have backed old version up and created new install using same database names etc

 

If nayone can help it will save me a lot of time.

 

Many thanks

Garry

[spooks]

Just run install, then restore old database, make a note of setiings in configure.php first though.

[theinkjetmarket]

Hi Sam

Thank you for that. Before I did the new install I copied all of the files to a stick. I then created a fresh install with exactly the same file structure before so the database and back up directires etc had the exact same path names as the original installation.

 

I copied the backup file (in the admin/backups folder) from the original installation to the new installation. I then went into admin and performed a restore using the backup file. It came up wil all sorts of errors, like tabes did not exist etc etc. The installation would not run again. So I reinstalled again.

 

This time I copied the MYSQL data base files from th eold installation to the new as well as the backup file. Heading back to the admin page to attempt another restore I noticed that all my product information appeared, without actually doing the restore. I then tried to do the restore and it crashed again and I could not access the store.

 

So prior to doing that final restore I appeared to have my data in the installation by simply copying the database files to the new installtion. Is this going to work for me? Have I actually achieved what I was wanting ie a fresh installation with my old data?

 

Look forward to your views and thanks again for your help.

 

Regards

Garry