Ok, It's taken me most of the Day But, i'm back up and running.
Here's what I did and a possible simple way to update the database without a complete re-install... for those of us with cPanel/Fantastico update.
1, Downloaded old Shop to Hard Drive, for backup
2, Made a backup of SQL Database
3, Installed a NEW Zen Cart in to a temp folder (ie Shop2) using cPanel
4, Renamed downloaded backed up SQL file to read the same name as new BD file. ie zc1.sql.gz to zc2.sql.gz and uploaded it to apply old data to new database.
Of course that made the new Shop install start reporting database patch required.
To fix this I downloaded the Full install of Zen cart to my computer and then copied the zc-install folder in to my new Shop directory (shop2) Then it was just a case of running the update again....
Important note: DO NOT INSTALL, All you need to do is run the Update database!!! and in my case (Very old install) this update Database needed to run 3 times - as it only seemed to update one version at a time.
Fianlly, I renamed the old shop folder (Host side) to old_*** and simply renamed the new install to match what the old one was called. Then after a small edit of the config files to point to the new location - I was done!!
Now, after going through all this I realised that 'MAYBE' all I need to do was simply copy the newly downloaded 'zc_install' folder up to my FTP site and run the update Database option.... I'm guessing and maybe someone with more knowledge could verify that.
Oh yeah, one other thing... I copied across my templates and my custon edits in the Design page editor.
Anyway, I hope this helps some, if not all out...
...and like everyone says "BACK UP FIRST"
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