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starlouk
08-13-2009, 05:38 PM
Hi all

I have this "wierd" problem.

My old Hard drive had crashed. Bought a new one reinstalled everything including Holdem Manager.

Thing is, I had a copy of my old hands but only until March, and I am missing the recent ones (thousands of them).

I managed to obtain the folders of "Poker Stars" "Holdem manager" and "PostgreSQL" from my old hard drive. Hand history in "Poker stars" folder was empty, didnt find anything on Holdem manager, but I notice that the "PostgreSQL folder" is rather big (5GB).

Using import folder on them didnt do anything. Could there be another solution?

thank you for your time

fozzy71
08-13-2009, 06:00 PM
Export your current DB to text files: http://www.holdemmanager.net/faq/afmviewfaq.aspx?faqid=173 and back them up.


For uninstalling SQL please follow these steps:

Vista: Turn off UAC - http://www.holdemmanager.net/faq/afmviewfaq.aspx?faqid=73

Turn off Windows Firewall for installing HM and PostgreSQL. Once you get those installed you can add exceptions to the firewall. If you have a 3rd party firewall, uninstall it completely before installing HM/SQL - http://www.holdemmanager.net/faq/afmviewfaq.aspx?faqid=171


-Use Windows Control Panel to uninstall PostgreSQL. After it uninstalls go to the \Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\data or \Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\8.3\data if on 64 bit OS.

- Delete the entire contents of that \data folder

- run the command - start > run > cmd >


net user postgres /delete

- reboot.

- Copy the contents of your old SQL \data folder and paste the contents into:

\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\data or \Program Files (x86)\PostgreSQL\8.3\data if on 64 bit OS.

-Reinstall PostgreSQL following these instructions. http://www.holdemmanager.net/faq/?f=177

Please follow them closely, and make sure you UnCheck the Initialize Database Cluster option in step 10.

starlouk
08-13-2009, 06:54 PM
Thank you very much fozzy.

Everything works perfect.

It would be perfect for other softwares or even global companies to have even the half of this fast and accurate support.

thx again