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sparrow37
Posting Yak Master

148 Posts

Posted - 2009-08-15 : 14:48:47

Hi all,

I have taken backup of my db from psoduction server using admin panel. I downloaded db.bak file and trying to restore it on my local system but getting following error.

TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express
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Restore failed for Server 'CHRISU\SQLEXPRESS'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Express.Smo)

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.3042.00&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExceptionTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Restore+Server&LinkId=20476

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Directory lookup for the file "D:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA\IBAPTX.mdf" failed with the operating system error 3(The system cannot find the path specified.). (Microsoft.SqlServer.Express.Smo)

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.3042.00&LinkId=20476

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BUTTONS:

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How to solve this issue. Please help me on this.

Regards,
Asif Hameed

russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak

5072 Posts

Posted - 2009-08-16 : 14:02:39

use the WITH MOVE option in your restore script.

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