Moving a localhost site from one computer to another

[AsanteT]

My laptop broke so I had to move my shop to another laptop. I had backed up the Prestashop folder but I did not know that I also needed to back up the database. I'm using MAMP and I have set up a new database but I am getting the error "Table 'shop.ps_shop_url' doesn't exist". How can I fix this and regain access to my shop?

 

If there is an easier way to restore my shop using the Prestashop folder, please let me know as well!

[ELEGANTAL]

Hi,

 

If you lost the database, then there is no way to get your shop back as it was before. Without database you will not be able to open anything.

I think you have 2 ways: 1 - Try to get database from your broken laptop if it is possible; 2 -If it is not possible you can get install script from prestashop download and make a fresh installation with your folder, but this will not give you much difference than installing Prestashop completely from scratch. 

[AsanteT]

Fortunately, I hadn't added any products to the shop. The main changes I made were to the CSS and adding extra pages. The pages I added took a lot of work (especially the media queries) so I wanted to avoid doing a new install but I'll just install it again and redo the pages. Thank you!

[Scully]

I will never understand why people test on localhost. Many issues pre-programmed.

And I also don't understand how it is possible to start a shop setup without thinking about where the actual data is stored. Sorry to say that...

[AsanteT]