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From Mike Christensen
Subject Removing a corrupt database by hand
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Msg-id 499CD8CB.9090501@comcast.net
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Responses Re: Removing a corrupt database by hand  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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I have two questions actually..

First off, is there a way to remove a database if the postgres.exe
service won't start?  It seems if I just delete the data\base\xxxxx
directory, then postgres will crash.  Is there a way to drop a DB that
prevents postgres.exe from starting?

Second question, if I just re-install postgres and create a fresh new
instance, is there a way to import my old data files back into the
database?  Thanks!

Mike

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