title: Where does WAMP server store database files
body: <p>My hard-drive has encountered some problems and I am unable to boot Windows with it.</p>
  
  <p>I am able to view the drive's contents by connecting it to another PC as an external drive.</p>
  
  <p>On the culprit drive I was running a local WAMP server for dev purposes and I'm looking to save the mySQL databases from it.</p>
  
  <p>I can see my wamp directory at <code>E:\wamp</code>. Is it possible to start up the server from here so as to use phpmyadmin to perform a mysqldump? If not what are my options to recover the DB-</p>