OK, here you go:
Start MySQL and Apache in the XAMPP Control Panel. Then open a command line (Start -> Run -> cmd.exe) and execute this command (change the Path of xampp if you installed it somewhere else):
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C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqldump.exe -A --user=root --password=passworforroot > C:\xampp\tmp\backup.sql
Then stop MySQL in the Control Panel and start your installed MySQL. Then execute this command:
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C:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysql.exe --user=root --passwort=passwordforroot < C:\xampp\tmp\backup.sql
Don't care that the mysql.exe is from XAMPP, it should work. The password of root in this command may be different from that in the first command. The first one ist the user that you have in XAMPP. If you did not set a root Password in XAMPP MySQL just remove the --password part from the command. Same thing for the second command. Maybe you had to set up a root password during installation of your new MySQL Database, then use this password. otherwise remove the --password part also here.
Now you can use
http://localhost/phpmyadmin to administrate your new Databse. If you want to switch to the XAMPP MySQL just stop the self installed one and start MySQL in the Control Panel. Your Joomla Installation should work without any changes, as the complete Data from the XAMPP MySQL was transfered to the new Database.
glitzi