Wiped out my forum

[nina-nina]

Last night, while I was working on my forum, I deleted it by mistake.    (version 1.1.14)

I checked on the cpanel and I can see the the forum folder is there, but I don't know how to get it back. I contacted my hosting company for help but they told me that I had to contact SMF. 

Can anyone explain how can I get the forum back?

Thank you.

[mashby]

Sorry to hear about this. Does your host provide archived backups? I'd start there. What did you delete, too? A forum is made up of site files and a database.

[nina-nina]

Sorry to hear about this. Does your host provide archived backups? I'd start there. What did you delete, too? A forum is made up of site files and a database.

Thank you for your prompt response.  I deleted the whole thing.  I had changed the forum directory to a few months ago. I saw that what I thought was the "old" forum was there so I just deleted it.  Actually, there were two links... one with the "new" extension and the 'old' extension.  They were there since the forum was put under the new directory.  I just deleted the link with the 'old' forum thinking that it was necessary.

[Illori]

so you still have your database? you are just missing your files? ask your host first if they can restore a backup of the files. if they can not then we can tell you how to connect a new install to your old database.

[nina-nina]

so you still have your database? you are just missing your files? ask your host first if they can restore a backup of the files. if they can not then we can tell you how to connect a new install to your old database.

That's what I did. But, they told me to contact SMF or they would charge me. I came to SMF to see if it could be done without me having to pay but I will contact them and ask how much would be the charge.  Thank you for your prompt response.

Update: I am right now with my hosting company. Will post back if I need help...