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Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? yes
Have I searched the forum before posting? yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? No
Joomla! version: 1.5
PHP version: 3.4.3.2
MySQL version: 4.1.22
Host: (optional, but it helps us help you)
Akeeba Backup version: (unknown)

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Description of my issue:

I'm new to joomla (1 month old) and trying to restore a site from one host to the other.

In my possesion is the .JPA-backup file (I backed up the site using Akeeba backup before the old host switched it off), cridentials to cpanel of the new webhosting company. I do not/did not have login details for the former hosting company.

What I've done so far:

After uploading the backup and akeeba kickstart to cpane, I failed to run kickstart therefore turned to plan B: of using akeeba extract wizard. Thisworked for extracting files but had the 'Cannot connect to databse, check parameters error. I tried all I could but my site could not come up (public forums could not help either).

I lastly turned last option of manually (Unorthodoxy) extractinng the database.
When uploading the db in myphpadmin, I'm havving the error attached:

Please help!!

I did the last backup of the site on 28/07/2011 and as at now, the site is off(on former host). The old host is un-reachable. Since i only had access to backend of the site , all I could do was use akeeba backup believing that at restore all will go well.
please advise because the site is off as at (past 11 days)now and my client (prospective employer) is waiting to see how I'll resolve this one. The restoration is being done with a new ISP.