BackTest Data .dat

I downloaded lots of data from Metaquotes and it went into /download/symbol as many .dat files. When I run the backtester it does not see this data, only what little data that is in the .hst file. How do I either 1) get the .dat data moved to .hst OR 2) have the back tester see the .dat files as input???
Thanks, Ken

I'm not sure about .dat files but you can get mt4 to download data from metaquotes for whatever timeframe you need if you go tools > history centre. You can also download M1 .hst files from FXDD and convert them to whatever timeframe you need.