Reinserting old data files into new data folder

I unfortunately experienced the "Postgres suddenly doesn't feel like starting" error. Went through everything and attempted every fix that was available on the forums and anything that i thought may work from my general computer experiences. Unfortunately i had to uninstall Postgres in all forms (delete the data folder in the Postgres folder) and create a new database. Now things are all and dandy except i don't have my database (obviously)
I created a copy of the data folder before i deleted it. Is there any way to "reinsert" my old data files (my old database basically) into the new one. Whenever i simply try to overwrite the entire data folder with the old one the issue begins again.
