I hope you are executing the command from 'D:\', mysqldump has to be executed for the directory bin where you have installed the mysql.
eg:D:\mysql\mysql5.0\bin\>mysqldump -u root -pdbadmin murali > "c:\murali.sql" This will help you. Regards, Thiyaghu CK www.mafiree.com On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 4:30 PM, MuraliKrishna < murali_kris...@arthaoptions.com> wrote: > D:\>mysqldump -u root -pdbadmin murali > murali.sql > > 'mysqldump' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > > operable program or batch file. > > > > > >