Title: AMPPS database problem
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# AMPPS database problem

 *  [bingston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bingston/)
 * (@bingston)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ampps-database-problem/)
 * I’m hoping someone can help. I’m using AMPPS and worked on a site a while ago.
   Since then I had to reformat my computer. I thought I was doing a good thing 
   and backed up the entire AMPPS folder, thinking I could just dump everything 
   back on the computer in the same location after reformatting.
 * I’m able to see the database but I get a #1146 error when I click on any of the
   tables and it says they’re empty. I have access to the ib_logfiles,the ibdata1
   file and all of the .ibd and .frm files, I just can’t figure out how to get it
   all working again.
 * I now know that exporting the database along with the AMPPS folder would have
   been a really good move and saved me all of this trouble but I can’t go back 
   in time so I’m stuck with what I have.
 * I’d be very grateful for any help/suggestions on getting this running again. 
   Thanks in advance!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ampps-database-problem/#post-7529275)
 * I’m really sorry but without a copy of your old databases, you’re pretty much
   dead in the water. 🙁
 * FWIW now, most of your site’s content is stored in its database – not in any 
   files. So when moving/duplicating a site, you really need a copy of that database.
 *  Thread Starter [bingston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bingston/)
 * (@bingston)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ampps-database-problem/#post-7529281)
 * That’s disappointing. I was hoping there was a way to pull it all back together.
   I have all of the files, I just didn’t do an export of the database before I 
   reformatted. Lesson learned!
 * I hate that literally a couple of clicks could have prevented this – and the 
   fact that all of the files are sitting in front of me and I can’t get the data
   from them.
 * I’ve seen some people that were using MAMP and some other services, and they 
   were able to rebuild it but nothing specifically with AMPPS.
 * I was really hoping for a different answer but I appreciate the quick reply

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 * Last reply from: [bingston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bingston/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ampps-database-problem/#post-7529281)
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