If you had installed MySQL Workbench before you rebuilt your hard drive, you could have exported your database file. Then when you had rebuilt the hard drive, you could import the sql file. This is easier than what you are now doing.
Dan
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If you had installed MySQL Workbench before you rebuilt your hard drive, you could have exported your database file. Then when you had rebuilt the hard drive, you could import the sql file. This is easier than what you are now doing.
Dan