database deleted

I was told to ask this question here instead of troubleshooting. Hopefully someone will be able to help:

Ok, so I didn’t realize that I did this, but hopefully there is some resolution.

So I was creating a site on my personal web server and had plans to move it over to another server later on. WordPress was installed and so I had all the content on this personal web server.

When I moved it I copied all the content and moved it over to the new server. Apparently, I copied over all the content but I didn’t move all of the database content to the new one. The content on the personal web server was deleted and not recoverable, but I have all the files (meaning, images, css edits, php files, etc…) saved.

Is there anyway to install a new database and still use the content that I have? Do I have to start over (installing a theme, editing theme, etc…). Basically I have all the files but not the database. What’s the quickest way of fixing this.

Answers to questions that other users have asked

But, first of all, what host are you using?

I’m using GoDaddy but I’ve called them and they don’t have the information anymore. I moved the WP content over, and then weeks later I got rid of that hosting and only used the new one. That’s when this issue happened because even though all the files and so forth were copied over it was accessing the database on the old personal web server.

As a response, you should be able to install WordPress into your new server, which will create a MySql database in your server. If you did not have any users in your old database besides you (you could always move your users), installing a new database and just uploading your WordPress content onto it should be fine.

This is exactly what I am hoping to accomplish. I wasn’t able to find much information on how to do this. I can install WordPress on the new server. I backed up the content there. I can create a new MySQL database but what I do besides uploading the content? Do I have to edit the wpconfig.php file or anything with the new database info? If so, do you know what I have to look for/what to edit? This is the part that I am struggling with.