maintaining data after format?

[Mbevan]

Hello friends,
Recently, I've had to format my pc and only have a 'copied' version of my MySQL program folder. On re-installing the OS and MySQL, I tried to paste the old 'Data' folder into the new MySQL program folder, but now my web applications can't find the tables in the databases. Actual syntax is as follows:

'site.tbl_name' doesn't exist

So, how to fix this problem in order to maintain my data?
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[Terrell]

Try with your root user. Maybe your general user doesn't have access to the tables and that would need to be set up with permissions. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --