Title: re-installation problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# re-installation problems

 *  [darko74](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darko74/)
 * (@darko74)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/re-installation-problems/)
 * Due to the release of the last version, and because of some problems I experienced
   in the wordpress editor, I chose to download and install the new version from
   scratch instead of upgrading it. I deleted (after saving a backup) the files 
   in my old blog directory. However I left the database intact. I had just three
   posts but one of them too long that I didn’t want to re-create them.
 * After following the instructions the same way I did the first time (download 
   it, configure **wp_config.php** with proper access constants for the database
   and upload it to its final directory) I called **wp-admin/install.php** but a
   page saying “Error establishing a database connection” appears.
 * What else could I do? I’d prefer not to use a new empty database, but if there’s
   no other choice, I’d like to know.

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 *  Anonymous User 266005
 * (@anonymized-266005)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/re-installation-problems/page/2/#post-1279372)
 * here a very simple way to
    [spam link moderated]
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/re-installation-problems/page/2/#post-1279375)
 * [@snowwalker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snowwalker/): what’s the point
   of your irrelevant thread responses? Your own spam link?

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 17 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/re-installation-problems/page/2/#post-1279375)
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