I have a DATA folder of my previous PostgreSQL 8.1 (Windows XP) installation. I do not have any DUMP or other backups. I want to use this folder instead of the newly created DATA folder after new installtion. I tried replacing the new folder with the old folder, but it did not work. pgAdmin also stopped working. I want to know how to recover the database from a DATA folder in case of worst situations if no backups are available. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Restoring-database-from-old-DATA-folder-tf2070639.html#a5700598 Sent from the PostgreSQL - general forum at Nabble.com.