My hard-drive has encountered some problems and I am unable to boot Windows with it.
I am able to view the drive\'s contents by connecting it to another PC as an ext
On my system, they are in C:\Program Files (x86)\WampServer\bin\mysql\mysql5.1.53\data
. So in yours they would be in E:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql-version\data
.
You can start mysql
locally from E:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql-version\bin
, where all the executables are. Be aware that the configuration file you want to use is E:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql-version\my.ini
.
You can also simply copy all the subdirectories to another server. I'm no MySql expert, but that should let the other server use your databases without problem.
I needed to re-install Wamp and I recovered my databases by copying the data directory in wamp\bin\mysql\mysql-version\ from a backup, phpMyAdmin picked up the databases and tables.