On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 15:34:46 -0500, Edward Coyle <ecoyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I want to move a windows server 2003 based postgres database from one server > to another server, can I just copy and paste the base folder or do I have to > do a backup and restore? If so what options work best for creating a file to > move? If the database is shut down when you do this any the systems are running the same versions of postgres on hardware of the same archteciture type this should work.