Title: Database Restore Problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Database Restore Problems

 *  Resolved [CKS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cks/)
 * (@cks)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-restore-problems/)
 * My blog [http://www.ckspaddlefest.com](http://ckspaddlefest.com) is a new install
   of wordpress 2.7.
    I have a a backup database that I am trying to restore into
   the new blog. Every time that I try to restore the backup db I get a blank page,
   and 404 errors when I go to the wp-admin.php page. I can go back and reload the
   new database (with no content) and the blog is ok.
 * I have looked in the forums and found a few things that I have already done (
   plugins off, default theme, theme that I was previously using-athualpa, char 
   set to UTF-8, etc)
 * Before I rebuild the blog manually, I wanted to see if anyone had any info on
   this or has experienced this before.
 * I am hosting with Godaddy mySQl 5.0.
 * Thanks,
    Bobby

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-restore-problems/#post-979372)
 * what version did you upgrade from?
    are you running php 5.x.x at godaddy?
 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-restore-problems/#post-979377)
 * > I have a a backup database that I am trying to restore into the new blog.
 * How exactly are you trying to restore it?
 *  Thread Starter [CKS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cks/)
 * (@cks)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-restore-problems/#post-979534)
 * Yes, I am running the latest version of PHP. The transfer was on a recent blog(
   less than a month old) so it was transferring the same versions of PHP and sql.
 * I restored it by dropping the existing tables and then selecting the blank database(
   bottom of the page) and then importing the backup. I also loaded the new database
   into the db_backup file in the GoDaddy Server.
 * Thanks,
    Bobby
 *  Thread Starter [CKS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cks/)
 * (@cks)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-restore-problems/#post-979541)
 * I’ve copied and pasted most of the blog back so no worries on the help. I’ll 
   chalk it up to user error.
 * Thanks,
    BObby

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 * Last reply from: [CKS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cks/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-restore-problems/#post-979541)
 * Status: resolved

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