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Repair MySQL data directory (for XAMPP)
# Based on this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/61859561/1956278
# Backup old data
Rename-Item -Path "./data" -NewName "./data_old"
# Create new data directory
Copy-Item -Path "./backup" -Destination "./data" -Recurse
Remove-Item "./data/test" -Recurse
$dbPaths = Get-ChildItem -Path "./data_old" -Exclude ('mysql', 'performance_schema', 'phpmyadmin') -Recurse -Directory
Copy-Item -Path $dbPaths.FullName -Destination "./data" -Recurse
Copy-Item -Path "./data_old/ibdata1" -Destination "./data/ibdata1"
# Notify user
Write-Host "Finished repairing MySQL data"
Write-Host "Previous data is located at ./data_old"
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