It is a hair pulling experience the first time for everyone. But once you do it a couple of times it is really simple when you think about it.
But I am glad one of the methods worked for you.
At least now you know how to backup a DB. And it really is more important than backing up the forum software. Because without the DB there is noting to see. If you have the original zip file you can restore the forum but you still need the database.
