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One of the sites I was maintaining for a friend kind of went kerpoot; the site shut down unexpectedly and with no warning, and I’m trying to figure out how I can get her EE site back up and running.

I have a backup of her database, but I don’t have any of the files, and don’t know what version of EE she was running (just that it was old); I tried connecting her database to a new installation of EE but it didn’t work.

I then tried to maybe extract the entries, but couldn’t figure out any easy way to do that and keep them linked to titles/dates/comments etc.

Any ideas on how I might salvage this site?

Do you have any idea what went kerpoot?
Is there any possibility that her host has a complete backup?

One thing you could try is import the database, upload the new files, and run update.php.  That should bring it to a fully updated version.  Obviously keep a backup around. 

If that fails with an error, just post over in the installation forum appropriate to the install (core or full tech support) for assistance.

One thing you could try is import the database, upload the new files, and run update.php.

Oooh, I didn’t think of that.. thanks!

I have no hope of getting a backup, the whole host shut down. (And this, my friends, is a prime example of “you get what you pay for”)