Transfer of data

[WhiteRider]

Are you sure that old folder is complete? If any files are missing then it won't work.

[Mountain runner]

Yes, the folder is just the way it was before reinstalled.
Only thing that might be missing - couple of days before reinstallation I deleted one ~1GB file from folder "G:\PostgresSQL\8.3\data\base\11510" (there are many such files in it). However PT3 worked fine after that.
Could that missing file be a problem now? Isn't it just some hands that I could do without now?

[kraada]

That file is 1G worth of data from your database. Without the rest of the files it's impossible to know what data that is - it could be just about anything. With files like that missing, it is extremely unlikely that the database will start up again as it would fail all integrity checks.

[Mountain runner]

Isn't it just a bunch of hands that I deleted?
So I understabd, that this old 30GB database now became useless without that one file? Is there any way how I could get anything back from it?

[kraada]

No, it's not. It's all binary data - you may have deleted part of the holdem_hand_histories table or the holdem_hand_player_statistics table or the holdem_cache table - we really can't tell. Deleting any of those files permanently breaks the database beyond repair and you will need to recreate it and reimport it from the original hand histories.

[Mountain runner]

Ok, thank you. Should have asked you before deletion, my fault.

[kraada]

I wish I had a better answer for you, but there's really nothing to be done.