Re: getting database back after a disaster + no back-ups

i had 2 partitions on it before, i can see all the
files now, but the 2003 partition cant boot and never
will.... i can see the old data folders + files etc,
but i presume i can just copy these over to a new
install?



--- Shawn Green <[email protected]> wrote:

> Mark Mchugh wrote:
> > Hi,
> > A strange one here, my windows 2003 server died,
> but i
> > have managed to get access to all the drive, i had
> > mysql 5.0 installed on it. The issue was caused by
> > incompatible hardware, so 2003 will not go onto
> the
> > machine. I've managed to put a partition on  +
> boot
> > into windows 2000, is there anyway i can get my
> old
> > mysql database back?
> >
> >   
> 
> The only possible way is to somehow restore any lost
> file after a 
> re-partition. However, from my personal experience,
> once you wipe out 
> the partition any chance you had to undelete the old
> files are *gone*.  
> On top of that, after you repartitioned your drive,
> you had to format it 
> again in order to install Windows 2000.
> 
> I am not a forensics specialist but I would put your
> odds a recovering 
> any files from your previous setup at practically
> zero.
> 
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