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Move a mysql – mariadb database from one windows server to another windows server

Install xampp on the new server and If mysql is on, turn it off.

In the folder C: \ xampp \ mysql \ data create a new folder, for example with the name of the database you are moving.

Copy in it all the data files (.frm, .ibd, .myd, .myi) from the relative folder of the old server.

Make a copy in a backup folder of the file ib_logfile0, ib_logfile1, ibdata1 those are in the folder “C: \ xampp \ mysql \ data” in the new server.

Copy the files ib_logfile0, ib_logfile1, ibdata1 from the old server to the same location as the new server, i.e. in the folder C: \ xampp \ mysql \ data

Start mysql. Open a dos prompt, go to the directory

cd C: \ xampp \ mysql \ bin

mysql -u root -p

show databases;

You should see the new database added to the previous ones.

Open another dos prompt and check the tables with the commands

cd C: \ xampp \ mysql \ bin

mysqlcheck -uroot -p YOURDATABASE

Open your browser and connect to phpmyadmin with http: // localhost / phpmyadmin

You should see the database and tables.