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I extracted the phpMyAdmin folder on my desktop to save my database, and I thought I would keep all my threads and posts for [MyBB][1]. Is there any way to retrieve/make the folder into a .sql file, or did I just lose about a years worth of threads and posts?

EDIT Ok so since I have lost no data, how would I properly export it? I have seen that thread you have linked, no luck. Since I have only the folders, and I have switched over to new server host and a new site, how would I be able to access my database? How could I properly reinstall Phpmyadmin and MySQL with all my old data? Thanks guys for all your help!

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    If you didn't delete the DB/tables then all the information is still there, you just have to reinstall phpmyadmin so you can access it. – Nir Alfasi Jun 28 '14 at 03:30
  • phpMyAdmin is simply a web interface to a MySQL database system. Meaning the databases are stored in MySQL and phpMyAdmin makes using MySQL a bit easier. You have lost nothing. But unclear where or how you have installed phpMyAdmin to begin with. – Giacomo1968 Jun 28 '14 at 03:37

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As long as the only thing you did is remove phpMyAdmin, then your data is fine. As commenters have said, all of that lives in your database, for which phpMyAdmin is only a (relatively) user-friendly GUI.

If you want to backup your database properly, you need to export it. If you can get phpMyAdmin reinstalled, this article will help you with that. If you can't reinstall phpMyAdmin, you can use the MySQL command line interface, which this question will help with.

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