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here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 4.7 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Error restoring database backup up vote 11 down vote favorite 1 I am getting an error using SQL Server 2012 when restoring a backup made with a previous version (SQL Server 2008). I actually have several backup files of the same database (taken at different times in the past). The newest ones are restored without any problems; however, one of them gives the following error: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Directory lookup for the file "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT SQL SERVER\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA\MYDB_ABC.MDF" failed with the operating system error 3(The system cannot find the path specified.). (Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended) This is a x64 machine, and my database file(s) are in this location: c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL. I do not understand why it tries to restore on MSSQL.1 and not MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER. sql-server database exception-handling restore sql-server-2012 share|improve this question edited May 24 '12 at 17:15 marc_s 453k938651031 asked May 24 '12 at 16:11 Marius Bancila 11.3k62970 3 This has nothing to do with version problems. (The message tells you that) –usr May 24 '12 at 16:30 @marc_s, why do you people feel obliged to alter the questions? I could understand the bold, but not the title, the quote, the ending, etc. –Marius Bancila May 25 '12 at 6:46 @usr, I mentioned SQL Server 2012, because the problems does not occur on machines with SQL Serve 2008. So, I guess, there is a connection. –Marius Bancila May 25 '12 at 6:47 @MariusBancila: the system used belongs into the tags - not the title - that's what the tags are for. Path and table names etc. should be put between back quotes to make them stand out as such (bold isn't optimal for that). I was just trying to make your question look more like a well formatted question - but OK, if you don't like it - I'll try to never touch any of your questions anymore..... –marc_s May 25 '12 at 7:47 This answers below don't directly
Start here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Server Fault Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Server Fault is a question and answer site for system and network administrators. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10741281/error-restoring-database-backup Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top SQL Server : Restore Database; Failed. “error not found” up vote 3 down vote favorite 1 I have just installed SQL Server 2005 on a fresh machine, and I'm trying to import 2 databases from one http://serverfault.com/questions/79120/sql-server-restore-database-failed-error-not-found of my servers. This has worked fine for a box that I did this morning but now I'm getting some errors on this second box. I am doing the following : Right click Database > Restore Database... To database : "myDb" From Device : C:\myDbBkp.bak Check the backup set, and click OK Normally it would give a popup saying "Import sucessful", but now I get the following : Restore failed for server "myServer". (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo) Additional Information : System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError : Directory lookup for the file "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Sql Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA\myDbBkp.mdf" failed with the operating system error 3(error not found) (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo) My next questions are : Why is it trying to load an MDF file from a directory I haven't specified Error not found, is that as helpful as it sounds? Any ideas? I did this successfully earlier on an identical environment with the same versions etc. Many thanks sql-server-2005 backup-restoration share|improve this question asked Oct 28 '09 at 14:59 user155695 2502413 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 3 down vote accepted
12, 2008 filed under Administration.Backup and restore database on Microsoft SQL Server 2005This post will shows a step-by-step guide to backup and restore a http://www.linglom.com/administration/how-to-backup-and-restore-database-on-microsoft-sql-server-2005/ database between two Microsoft SQL Server 2005 instances. By using backup, http://www.bigresource.com/MS_SQL-Database-Restore-failed-now-inaccessible-and-can-not-restore--gH4AdLBl.html you can backup a database without interrupt any transactions on the database. In the example below, I will try to backup a database from SQL Server 2005 and restore the database to another SQL Server 2005 Express Edition.Backup a databaseNow I will backup failed with AdventureWorks database on BKKSQL2005 which runs Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to a file.Connect to source server. Open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and connect to BKKSQL2005.Right-click on the AdventureWorks database. Select Tasks -> Backup… On Back Up Database window, you can configure about backup information. If you're not familiar these configurations, you can leave default failed with the values. Here are some short descriptions.Database - a database that you want to backup.Backup type - you can select 2 options: Full and Differential. If this is the first time you backup the database, you must select Full.Name - Name of this backup, you can name anything as you want.Destination - the file that will be backup to. You can leave as default. Default will backup to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Backup".Click OK to proceed backup.Wait for a while and you'll see a pop-up message when backup is finished. Browse to the destination, you'll see a backup file (.bak format) which you can copy to other server for restore in the next step. Default backup directory is "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Backup". Restore the databaseNext, I will restore the AdventureWorks database from a file that I've created above to BK01BIZ001 which runs Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition.Copy the backup file from source server to destination server. I've copied into the same directory as source
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