# Repair MySQL data directory (for XAMPP)

> Source: <https://gist.github.com/josemmo/24e35f2b4984a4370ce2c164f5956437>
> Published: 2020-08-28 18:48:42+00:00

repair-mysql-data.ps1

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# Based on this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/61859561/1956278

# Backup old data

Rename-Item -Path "./data" -NewName "./data_old"

# Create new data directory

Copy-Item -Path "./backup" -Destination "./data" -Recurse

Remove-Item "./data/test" -Recurse

$dbPaths = Get-ChildItem -Path "./data_old" -Exclude ('mysql', 'performance_schema', 'phpmyadmin') -Recurse -Directory

Copy-Item -Path $dbPaths.FullName -Destination "./data" -Recurse

Copy-Item -Path "./data_old/ibdata1" -Destination "./data/ibdata1"

# Notify user

Write-Host "Finished repairing MySQL data"

Write-Host "Previous data is located at ./data_old"