Try to restore DB(which had been taken from DLE admin panel) using Mysqldumper
Download from here...this will definitely restore your database but will load on your server too
Code: 
http://www.mysqldumper.net/
warezrock Reviewed by warezrock on . Installing dle on existing databse Is it possible to install dle on an existing database.I mean is that If i am runnning a website with dle 8.3.And mistakely inspite of upgrading the dle , i deleted the dle 8.3 installation files and installed fresh copy of dle 8.5 and i connected it to my existing database where records of all my news , members etc. were present . But this new dle 8.5 shows no articles , news , user of my existing server database . I want to get back all the news , articles etc. which are present in my Rating: 5