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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Error establishing a database connection after 2nd blog install..](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-after-2nd-blog-install/)
 *  Thread Starter [cav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cav/)
 * (@cav)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-after-2nd-blog-install/#post-481351)
 * great
 * you dont also know how to recover my mysql backup backed up with mysqldump? or
   point me to a useful site for such advice?
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Error establishing a database connection after 2nd blog install..](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-after-2nd-blog-install/)
 *  Thread Starter [cav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cav/)
 * (@cav)
 * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-after-2nd-blog-install/#post-481344)
 * right…so to install a second blog i can do:
 * -copy my old wp-config.php file into a new directory with the unpacked wordpress
   tar. (eg ‘www/blog2/’)
    -change the table prefix (eg ‘blog2-‘) -run server/blog2/
   wp-admin/install.php
 * and then both should be running side by side?

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