Moving Prestashop from laptop to desktop

[glenns]

Hey all, please excuse the rookie question.

I downloaded Xammp lite and installed it on my laptop while I have been traveling and I was able to install Prestashop and start building my site.

I will back home shortly and will buy a new desktop and will want to work on that primarily. Can I simply install Xammp on my new desktop PC and then copy all of my Prestashop folders/files over to the new computer or I do have to reinstall and start from scratch?

Is there another method like FTP or something that is better? I have not gone to far so there is not too much data there.

Thanks!!!

[Gurpreet]

copying the files over should work fine, make sure you copy your db over aswell.

[glenns]

Thanks Gurpreet, is the database basically just another file?? If I create a new db when I install xampp on the new pc what is the easiest way to import the data to it?

THANKS!!!

[21846657]

Don't know which version of XAMPP you installed in the laptop. If that was a portable version, simply copying the whole directory of XAMPP to the desktop PC will work fine.

[glenns]

Hey guys, this is what I am running right now on my laptop to develop the site:

Apache Friends XAMPP Lite (Basis Package) version 1.7.3

[Gurpreet]

you should be able to export your db into a sql file if your using phpMyAdmin, then copying this over to your desktop and import it.

[glenns]

Appreciate the info very much...I *should* be able to handle this.

I am thinking as I read the forum today that I may just start fresh with the new 1.3 as upgrading kinda of sounds like a pain and since I just barely started to build the site it will not really be much more work.

Again, thanks for your help!!