Thread:Project:Support desk/Restore a broken wiki

Hello I was really looking for some help if any one is kind enough. The office's web-server was badly damaged after a aircon failed and it over heated. While I have installed a new server, I have also been able to get most of the old server functioning again, at least to grab documents and files from it. Well everything except the media wiki. I can access the files and folders and I have been able to use mysqlworkbench to export the database.

I have now setup a new server and installed mediawiki software and that is fine and running. However I would like restore the database and documents. As you would expect poor planing and backup hasnt helped the situation the old broken wiki stored documents and procedures that no exist no where else. Also of course the person who setup the old wiki has long since left the company and I have no ide really what im doing. Im like a monkey with a stick.

Here are some important details if it helps - the old mediawiki was version 1.17, the new installed media wiki is 1.22. The OS is Suse Linux Enterprise Server on both old and new. Both php & mysql seem to be operational on old server and definitely working on the new server. I have the wiki folder from the old server and also as mentioned I have the mwiki.sql database backup of around 40mbs

Would anyone be kind enough give me, a lowly windows admin, a simple walk through of the steps I can take to try to recover this server - many thanks