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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 directory lookup for the file .mdf failed with the operating system error 3 a minute: Sign up Directory look up for .mdf failed with operation system error 3 (the system cant find the specified path(microsoft.sqlServer.Express.smo) up vote 0 down vote favorite I have taken SQL backup(.bak) from Windows server 2003 machine and trying to restore in Windows 7. when i am trying to do i have "Directory look up for .mdf failed with operation directory lookup for the file failed with the operating system error 2 system error 3 (the system cant find the specified path(microsoft.sqlServer.Express.smo)" message. I understand that it's trying to find out the path '.MDF' which is not available in this machine (Windows 7). so how i can restore this database. sql-server sql-server-2005 share|improve this question asked Jun 25 '14 at 4:29 venkat 816 add a comment| 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote 1 down vote In the restore dialog, go to options and change the path of the file under Restore As to a valid path. share|improve this answer answered Jun 25 '14 at 5:00 Raj 6,60112435 Thanks for reply!! i try to do it and ended up with below error Msg 3201, Level 16, State 2, Line 1 Cannot open backup device 'E:\SQL\Backup_full.bak'. Operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.). Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally. –venkat Jun 26 '14 at 9:47 That error means your backup file is not where you think it is –Raj Jun 26 '14 at 9:51 yes!!!, i took ba
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to do when we encounter an error and so on. Long time back I wrote a simple blog which talks about error message 5133 while creating database. You can read it here:SQL SERVER – http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24400214/directory-look-up-for-mdf-failed-with-operation-system-error-3-the-system-cant Error : Fix : Msg 5133, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 Directory lookup for the file failed with the operating system error 2(The system cannot find the file specified.)One of the readers sent me email that she is simply running Create Database log in tour help Tour 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 http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/28082/restore-backup-fails-file-db-cannot-be-restored-to-mdf-use-with-mov of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Database Administrators Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Database Administrators Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for database professionals who wish to improve their database skills and learn from others in the community. Join them; it operating system only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Restore Backup Fails - File 'Db' cannot be restored to '{…}.mdf'. Use WITH MOVE to identify a valid location for the file up vote 5 down vote favorite 1 I am getting the following errors failed with the trying to do a restore using the restore command on a backup file I recieved from a customer. RESTORE DATABASE SFDB FROM DISK = N'C:\Backup\Backup.bak' Any thoughts on what I can do to correct this? It's looking for the mdf, so can I assume that the backup file I have is an incremental backup and not the full backup and that's why it's looking for the mdf? I am not sure if 1) they have given all the data (the entire db) or 2) I have the right data - and I can do the restore with the right T-SQL commands - I just don't know how. Help is appreciated. Msg 5133, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 Directory lookup for the file "D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\Db.mdf" failed with the operating system error 21(failed to retrieve text for this error. Reason: 15105). Msg 3156, Level 16, State 3, Line 2 File 'Db' cannot be restored to 'D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\Db.mdf'. Use WITH MOVE to identify a valid location for the file. Msg 5133, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 Directory lookup for the file "D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\D