caneling 5.0 install/uninstall messed up 4.1.14

Robert_Blackwel

I canceled the install of mysql 5 and now I can't access my databases. mysql 4.1.14 is still installed (it was atleast). After I canceled the instal, it said completed (not canceled) so I checked add/remove programs and I removed mysql 5 becauee I thought it would interfere with my current install...

it seems that it also removed my old mysql service.
I have tried reinstalling mysql 4.1.14 as a service but it wont start 🙁
"Could not start the MySQL service on Local Computer.
Error 1067: the process terminated unexpectedly."

How can I fix this problem?

Houdini

Well since nothing at all is working right now then remove all MySQL stuff that you have and then do a clean install either of the older MySQL or go ahead and go through the entire MySQL 5 install.

Robert_Blackwel

I assumed as much... however I still need to recovery my data. The "Data" folder for mysql 4.1.14 is still there but I hadn't had a chance to do a full dump of all the dbs (the most important ones are backed up automatically eveyr 2 hours but there's also the user accounts etc that I was wanting to upgrade.

I suppose I need to just copy that entire folder... uninstall mysql 4, reinstall, replace the data folder with my backup, create dumps, uninstall mysql 4 and then proceed with 5?

what a headache.

auddog

Are you using windows or linux?

Houdini

If all you want to do is to save your existing database just go to the mysql folder and copy the data folder and put it somewhere else shile you are doing the deletion of all the rest.