Already installed message

  • My WP install worked fine for months and then something got corrupted and I kept getting blank admin pages after saving an entry, or clicking any update button. I should have dealt with that but I didn’t–just kept posting entries and other stuff because I could. Then the blog itself disappeared and I got the following message when I tried to reinstall WP, hoping that would work:

    “Already Installed

    You appear to have already installed WordPress. To reinstall please clear your old database tables first.”

    I don’t know how to clear my old db tables, and I don’t want to lose five years worth of entries. Is there any way to restore the db?

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  • 1. Lonelily, next time start your own thread.
    2. Why do you want to clear the databse? Is this a new blog or do you have lots of posts? If you have, clearing the databse would mean loosing them all.

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