title: Change database files location in MySQL administrator?
body: <p>I would like to change the database files location of MySQL administrator to another drive of my computer.  (I run Windows XP SP2 and MySQL Administrator 1.2.8.)</p>
  
  <p>--Under the startup variable --> General Parameters --> I changed <code>Data directory:</code> from  <code>C:/Program Files/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.0/data</code> to <code>D:/.....</code>, but after I stopped the service and restarted it, the following error appeared: </p>
  
  <pre><code>Could not re-connect to the MySQL Server.
  Server could not be started.
  
  Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.host' doesn't exist
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Has anyone else had this problem? </p>