unfortunately I did not create a 'dump' file or sql file with the backup (Data Export) process on MySQL Workbench 8.0.26.
When I copy the old database files to the new Data directory, the server fails to start with the message:
Could not connect to MySQL: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) (code 2003)
Tried to do a clean install of MySQL Server 8.0.26 and Workbench 8.0.14 on Windows Web Server 2008 R2. Which after that install the MySQL Server works fine. But then when I stop the server and copy the old Database files into the new Data directory, the MySQL Server fails to start after that. Although I have read that this is not the usual way to 'backup' and restore a MySQL Database, though I wasn't aware of that before.
Is there any way to convert the old Database files into a 'dump' file outside of MySQL Workbench?
Thank you.