Moving wordpress with cpanel backup

[SpaZy.]

hey guys,
so i hosted my site with reloadin.com and due to them being spastics i decided to move it.
literally JUST as i go into wordpress to get a backup their whole server fucks up and renders everything useless, after about 10 emails of me asking them to fix the shit, they email me back an IP so i can get into cpanel.

SO my question is more or less, is it possible to restore a wordpress database with a backup from Cpanel?
i have googled for abit, but all i can find is people saying how to do it from within wordpress (i cant get into wordpress)

any help would be good
thanks

 

[SuicidalMedia]

Yes, you basically extract all content of the backup. There will be a folder "mysql", your database is there, you will have to upload your database via PHPmyAdmin, or script like Bigdump (http://ozerov.de/bigdump.php) , then you'll edit the wp-config.php, and enter the new database details.

That's all..

 

[SpaZy.]

thanks for the quick response, i will try it out, hopefully it works

edit: do i create a new mysql database, then just change the information in the backup like database name, password etc to the new mysql details?

 

[SuicidalMedia]

Yes, you should create:
- New database
- New user
- Assign the user to the database

Edit the wp-config.php file, upload the files to public_html, and that's all..