Innodb recovery What we will need to do for the recovery is to stop mysql and put it in innodb_force_recovery to attempt to backup all databases. service mysqld stop mkdir /root/mysqlbak cp -rp /var/lib/mysql/ib* /root/mysqlbak vim /etc/my.cnf You can start from 1 to 4, go up if it does not start and check mysql logs if it keeps crashing. innodb_force_recovery = 1 service mysqld start mysqldump -A > dump.sql Drop all databases that needs recovery. service mysqld stop rm /var/lib/mysql/ib* Comment out innodb_force_recovery in /etc/my.cnf service mysqld start Then check /var/lib/mysql/server/hostname.com.err to see if it creates new ib's. Then you can restore databases from the dump:mysql < dump.sql