Cant move magento from old server to new server

Question

I am having a trouble moving the magento from old host to new one. As a test, I installed fresh magento version and it worked perfectly.

but for moving the server this is what I did:

1. I compressed the folder "www" in the old server

2. I dumped the database from the old server

3. In the new server I downloaded the www file from the old server

4. I imported the database and changed the core_config_data informations (url)

5. I changed the file local.xml in app/etc folder

No when I start the website it redirects me to the Install page, and the "Welcome to Magento's Installation Wizard!" text is empty, even if I tried to install new version it doesn't work it shows me a blank page when it install the database.

What I am missing, please help.

Answer 1

delete or rename local.xml to local.xml.old in app/etc and re-install Magento with your prev. database information