I Accidentally Deleted My Joomla Files From Server? How To Install It And Have It As It Was?
December 26, 2009 under FAQ
So I accidentally deleted the joomla folder. But the database its still there untouched..Is it posible that I re-install joomla and connect it with the old database and have all my articles and files back as it was?
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Try it. Create a new installation and then point to the old DB in the global configuration. There is really only one problem. You will have to install all of extensions that might have been installed before the files were deleted. However, I think worse case scenario is that you have orphaned tables if you do not install the extensions. If you didn’t have any added extensions; components, modules & plugins and you install the same version of Joomla!, you shouldn’t have a problem.
Is there no local copy of the files to upload?
There is one other way if all else fails. Install a new Joomla! instance and then export you articles from PHPMyAdmin. Then import the articles into the new MySQL DB.
Good luck!
I would try that suggestion, but I think you are going to run into problems. First, as mentioned, you will need to reinstall all the extensions too. Unless you have the exact same versions of those extensions, you might have problems. Also, if you did any customization of the template you are using, you would have to redo them all to get it back to where it was.
If your site isn’t that elaborate, just reinstall and start over. Your articles should still be in the old database, so you can cut them from there and paste them into new articles. I beleive the database also retains the formatting for the articles too, but I’m not sure.