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How to Open a Microsoft SQL Server .Bak File

You can save a backup of your MS SQL databases to a single file on your hard drive. These backup files have names ending with the ".bak" file extension, and you use them to restore database backups ...
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Strange issue restoring SQL 2008 backup from DFS network share

I've been scratching my head about this for quite some time and can't quite figure it out. I have a share on Server1 (Windows 2008 R2) and Server2 (Windows 2012 R2) that I use to store SQL backups ...
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MS SQL 2000 Restoring a Database.bak from another server

This came up today and I didn't know exactly how to properly do it.<BR><BR>The situation: We were to move a database from a MS SQL 2000 server into our in house MS SQL server and run the restore to ...
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How to Restore a SQL Database From a .MDF File

Computer database software such as Microsoft's SQL Server benefits all types of businesses, as it makes recordkeeping fast, flexible and secure. SQL Server lets you disconnect a database from the main ...