A long story

[byke]

Hi there,

back in 2006 I bought a custom oscommerce template and signed up to a host on a free 14 day trial system (try before you buy)

Anyway 2 years later and the hosting company still hadn't tweaked I was still on their server and not being charged.

 

To be honest, I thought the server company had gone tits up along time ago, based on the quality and issues that the server had .... but didnt rock the boat as I was on a free ride.

 

Anyway, every once in a while I would do a back up of the database through the admin section of the OSC.

I would also download the main "catalog" folder just incase.

 

Anyway after a good free ride for a long time, I was eventually booted off without any notice.

I have tried to sign up to a new host but so far I havent been able to setup my old site.

 

So my question is this ....

Is it possible to move a set up over to another host with the files I have backed up?

I dont have any backup from the "phpmyadmin" (tables etc)

 

I basically had just been downloading the the catalog folder (and internal files)

 

Cheers

 

Mark

[airbrushmaster]

yes you can and did you keep the SQL file for your database aswell

[byke]

Thanks for the reply.

 

Yes I used to do a backup in the admin section (see pic) and save a copy of the back up directly into one of the folders.

I believe this is related to the sql?

 

Basically if i look under catalog/admin/backups I have a group of sql files etc.

I am hoping I can restore a database using such a file.

 

however, I seem to have some of the install files missing from my ftp backups.

I believe this is due to when you first configure oscommerce it asks you to delete some files?