Thanks, Ronan.
The my.ini file that I mentioned is the location of the Option File on the Startup Variables screen in Administrator, which shows as:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.1\my.ini
I didn’t actually do anything that I was aware of to create or affect this file.
I had a look at the General Parameters on the Startup Variables screen.
Base directory is:
C:/Program Files (x86)/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.1/
Data directory is:
C:/ProgramData/MySQL/MySQL Server 5.1/Data/
When I went into this data directory, I found the three files that I had been looking for, the names of which I had set up in the Log Files screen. I assume these files were created by my backup process through the command line prompt:
Querymydb
Errormydb
Updatemydb
However, I still have a problem: As a second step I was required to process a new backup and restore through MySQL Administrator this time, changing the names of the files to in the Startup Variables screen, which I did, saved and closed both Administrator and the MySQL Server:
QuerymydbB
ErrormydbB
UpdatemydbB
Having successfully processed the second backup and restore, I am unable to now find these later log files anywhere, including in the program data directory above where I found the first files. I’ve checked all the bins in the MySQL and MySQL Server 5.1 directories.
We don’t have any instruction about creating binary logs, and I’m unfamiliar with this type of process and its purpose.