Retrieving chat history after OS upgrade

Question

Hello.
I want to retrieve my chat history.
I was using Windows 7, and had about a year of chat history. 
I upgraded to Windows 8, and my history is mostly gone.
I found the main.db file, but the other's gotta be around somewhere.  Is there a way I can find main.db from previous OS installations?
Thanks. 

Answer 1

I would highly suggest you place a copy of your %appdata%/Skype folder onto a backup drive.  Your history is contained in a main.db that is in a sub folder with your Skype name.
Running %appdata%/Skype is equivalent to  C:\Users\YourWindowsUserName\AppData\Roaming\Skype
The main.db file would be located in a sub folder:
C:\Users\YourWindowsUserName\AppData\Roaming\Skype\YourSkypeName\main.db
When/if that information gets purged you would reinstall Skype and start it once.  You would then exit the application and go back to the new location which should be similar to the old and replace it's newly created main.db file with your older, larger, backed up copy.  You can do the same for your picture folder as well.