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Tigga · #1 03-01-2004, 02:41 PM

Well I just did something REALLY stupid... I was trying to drop a single table on one of my databases, but instead I accidentally dropped the entire database. There was some pretty important stuff in there that I had been working on (Mostly templates... The rest isn't a big deal) that it would be great if I could somehow recover. It was on my local machine running Windows XP Home, and the database was dropped using phpMyAdmin. I realize that everything is probably lost for good, but I figured I'd check here to see if anyone knows of a way that this stuff can be recovered before I start everything over from scratch.

Boofo · #2 03-01-2004, 02:45 PM

If it's on your local machine, try an undelete program. As long as you haven't overwritten anything, it still should be there.

FleaBag · #3 03-01-2004, 05:21 PM

Ah Tigga I feel for you, I used to run a site called GamerForums, I dropped the 200 meg database by accident. The server admins wouldn't supply me with a backup even though they had them. Seriously sucks.

Zachery · #4 03-01-2004, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by FleaBag

Ah Tigga I feel for you, I used to run a site called GamerForums, I dropped the 200 meg database by accident. The server admins wouldn't supply me with a backup even though they had them. Seriously sucks.

Them admins seem like arseholes :/

FleaBag · #5 03-01-2004, 05:26 PM

Yeah tell me about it, they changed the FTP server my site [GamerForums] was on once, and it took them a month to reply to my emails to tell me which one it was on. I can't really complain that much though, I did have unlimited resources for free, but still as you say, it's common courtesy.

Tigga · #6 03-01-2004, 05:45 PM

Thanks for the tip Boofo. I think I may have found a program that will work... None I've tried have been able to find the database, but one did at least find a backup of the database that I made (and apparently deleted) a week ago. It will still be a pain to go through the templates and re-apply the changes I've made since then, but that's definitely better than having to start completely from scratch on them.

Boofo · #7 03-01-2004, 06:16 PM

No problem.

What program did you find that you think will work? There are a lot of them out there, but only a few worth a damn.

Tigga · #8 03-01-2004, 07:17 PM

It's a program called Active@ Undelete. It found a few things that some of the other programs didn't. It figures though, I just bought the program so I could restore a larger file only to find out that file didn't have anything useful.

Boofo · #9 03-01-2004, 07:25 PM

Isn't that the way it usually goes?

Your db files should be a bunch of small ones though in the db dir, right?

Tigga · #10 03-02-2004, 01:48 PM

Yup, that's usually about the way my luck is.

I'm pretty sure I searched for the individual tables as well... I guess it wouldn't hurt to try one last time though and go through everything with a fine tooth comb before I start over again.

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