In article <74A84126-07CC-458C-B4FD-ECD2431831D8@xxxxxxxxx>, john@xxxxxxxxx says... > >> I have copied the folders back to the base dir (like C:\PostgreSQL > >> \data > >> \base\16404) if that's step one but what after that? > > > > Just start Postgres. If the data dir is ok, it should run fine. > > It's unclear from your description whether the raw DB files were > moved from another installation - note that the above is only > guaranteed to work if architecture/compiler/etc. are all the same. > If the files were created by exactly the same PG instance, then you > should be okay. > > - John D. Burger > MITRE > The raw db files are not from this installation, but same ver of windows binary pg. Does this mean the db is not going to be useable/recoverable?
