• Server works after reinstallation.
• I terminate server-service
• I restore backup of folder data
• I start server-service
• Starting of server-service is abandomed with errormessage "Fehler 1053 Der Dienst antwortet nicht auf die Start oder Steueranweisung"

Hello Josef,

open services (services.msc) and check which user the service has been registered to ( default name is postgres ).
Is this really the VERY same user used for the old instance?
If not he has a different ID and has to be given the necessary file permissions:
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Running_%26_Installing_PostgreSQL_On_Native_Windows#What_filesystem_permissions_does_PostgreSQL_require.3F

The owner of the service should be a local user and not member of a domain.

And you should really check Windows' event log for the error messages during service startup.

Good luck!

Peter

Am 05.03.2015 um 11:08 schrieb Josef Springer:

Hello Jan,

the Server-Service  worked after reinstalling PostgreSQL correctly.
But after copying back the backup of the folder *data*, the
Server-Service does not work anymore.
What i did:

  * Term the Server-Service
  * Copying back the backup of the folder *data*
  * Starting the Server-Service (whitch did not)

So, i assume copying back the folder *data* is not enought. Something is
missing from the backup ?

Do you have any tips for me, thanks,
Josef Springer

On 01.03.2015 15:32, Jan-Peter Seifert wrote:

Am 01.03.2015 um 13:08 schrieb Josef Springer:

  * But starting now PostgtreSQL-Server service does not work anymore. I
    get an error message after a while (Error 1053)

Do you have any tips how i can get my databases back ?

Look into the Windows event log for more info.
I guess you also recreated the Windows user postgres so that the file
privileges are wrong.
IIRC there's a batch file for setting the correct file privileges (
don't recall the name) within the PostgreSQL installation folder.
Beware - if you specify the wrong path you might not be able to start
Windows again!!!!

Good luck ...