I have a Laravel project. Suddenly, the project was not connecting to the MySQL database. I then realized that the MySQL service was not starting (Windows 11). I tried to start it manually from services.msc but no use. I also tried other methods but nothing worked.

Finally, I uninstalled the MySQL server 8.0 (I’m using MySQL Workbench btw). Before uninstalling, I copied the Data folder from C:ProgramDataMySQLMySQL Server 8.0. I’ve done a new installation of MySQL. The service is now working.

How do I import all the old data in this new installation from that old Data folder? I have the .ibd files of the schema tables in that folder. But from some quick searching, I found that there are also supposed to be .frm files but I cannot find them.

Is there any way possible to retrieve all those old data from that old installation into this new instance?