Copy/Paste DB folder from mysql/data

[fuzzy1]

Hey all,
I swear once upon a time I was able to simply copy my DB folder
from mysql/data folder and paste into new install (wamp) and so I tried
just that today thinking all would be right.

I dumped the wamp stack, and reinstalled, pasted the db folder back into the new mysql/data folder, a
and while phpMyAdmin shows the db in the list(with the correct number of tables) I get an error that
the first table does not exist! BIG BUMMER!!! :xbones:

How might I retrieve the data from this folder or otherwise resolve the error?

[unspace]

One database will use one folder
One datatable will use three files
so you must copy them together

but when you copy the DB folrders,please don't copy folder named 'mysql'