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Re: mysql not starting
Posted by: Peter Brawley
Date: October 17, 2016 09:42AM

> I took backup of mysql database and dropped it for testing purpose.

"Dropped" what, and what does "dropped" mean?

> mysqld: Can't change dir to 'c:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\data\' (Err code: 2 - No such file or directory)

Bad idea to put the data folder in the program files tree.

IAC mysqld is reporting that the folder does not exist so it cannot proceed. That indicates a problem with the my.ini you are using.

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