By Michael Bruno on

i already have a local host established, however i want to know that if i start a new instance of drupal on it will it override what is already there? i want to make sure i dont lose any existing data. PLEASE HELP!

thanks

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Ildar Samit’s picture

Ildar Samit commented

There's two things to keep: 1) files and 2) database. To keep the files, copy them somewhere or whatever you wanna do. You can create a new database for your new Drupal installation so that the old one is untouched if you need it later.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

Michael, your request is not clear to me. Do you mean that you have Apache, PHP, database installed on your PC? And you want to build another Drupal site on the same PC?

Michael Bruno’s picture

Michael Bruno commented

yes, that is it exactly. without affecting the other sites.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

Create a new database. Create a new subdirectory in your htdocs directory (the one where you put the sites). Install the new Drupal in the new subdirectory, using the new database. The new site have of course the address http://localhost/new subdirectory/.

Another (more complicated) way: make a multi-site installation. See http://drupal.org/getting-started/6/install/multi-site

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SweeneyTodd commented

I use the MoWeS package to do my local development work. I have multiple Drupal installations on my laptop each with their own install of apache, MySQL and php. All I have to do is make sure no other MoWeS install is running when I start one up as the software is completely independent.