Question: Updating from repack to New sources

[Bandor]

First off let me start by saying I currently run a server using the repack and have done alot of editing. So I have plenty of backups and have them in my new server file ready to be sourced in or whatever lol.

My problem however is I have been following the guide on the wiki and have had no trouble aside from actually running the sql server via XAMPP or the straight up mysql download, both say mariah db is using port 3306 so they can't connect. So attempting to work around and login to sql via cmd it tells me access denied no matter what password ive used.

So my question is how do I go about fixing this problem so I can create/source my db? Would my best bet be to completely remove everything (aside from backups and installers obviously) and start from scratch or is there a simple fix to this that I am failing to realize?