Re: Database recovery.

my windows event viewer says:

2011-03-24 11:24:22 GMT FATAL: could not create lock file "postmaster.pid":
Permission denied

is this helpfull?

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Waqar Azeem
<waqarazeem(dot)private(at)gmail(dot)com>wrote:

> I copy the whole folder 'Data' to another PC where fresh postgresql 8.4 is installed (same as default config. that previous version have had)
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> when i started the server got following ...
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> The postgresql-8.4 - PostgreSQL Server 8.4 service could not be started.
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> The service did not report an error.
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> More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534.
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> The start command returned an error (2)
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> Press <return> to continue...
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> any clue?
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> On 03/24/11 12:07 AM, Waqar Azeem wrote:
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> My XP is crashed and now I have to take a full backup of my postgresql 8.4
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> I am used to get backup of ldf/mdf files in case of SQLServer
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> Please let me know the right way of doing this for postgresql 8.4.
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> you need everything in the $PGDATA directory. On my system here, itsD:\Postgres\8.4\data
> but of course, your mileage may vary.
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> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Waqar Azeem <
> waqarazeem(dot)private(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>> My XP is crashed and now I have to take a full backup of my postgresql 8.4
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>> I am used to get backup of ldf/mdf files in case of SQLServer
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>> Please let me know the right way of doing this for postgresql 8.4.
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>> --
>> Thanks & Best Regards,
>> Waqar Azeem
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> --
> Thanks & Best Regards,
> Waqar Azeem
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Thanks & Best Regards,
Waqar Azeem