HELP!!! Moving MySql from Linux to windows

I've recently been "asked" to take over as the database administrator for a project that I am an engineer on. I have some limited experiences with Linux, although I prefer Windows, apache, Php, and MySQL. I'm currently in the process of upgrading my database server. The old server is running Linux 7.1, Apache 1.3.19, & MySQL 3.23.36, the server I'm moving to is Windows 2000 running the most up-to-date software versions of Apache, Php, & MySQL. Can someone tell me, if it is possible to move the database from Linux to Windows, and if so, will the database continue to work? What steps do I need to follow in order to make sure the database will continue to work on the new server? Any additional information would be appreciated.

Theoretically, you could just copy the db files from the /var/lib/mysql directory (or wherever they're stored on your system) over to the Windows box. Failing that, just do a big dump using mysqldump, copy the resulting text file over, and slurp it into the db on the Windows box.

Go ahead and just download mysql admin from the mysql website. Then backup the server and create it on the other server this is what I do. However, I highly recommend updating to a new version of linux and trying that out first. I is very good and much easier then 7.1 linux system. Go ahead and install webmin with it and you will have a great headless server that you can do just about anything with. Trust me it is worth the effort.