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Posted - 2006-08-25 : 10:25:23
sridhar writes "Hi,
i take backup on one server and i have to restore it on a diffrent server, so what i do is copy the backup files from the first server and paste them in second server and try to restore,but i get the following error:

system.data.sqclient.sqlerror:directory lookup for the file"D:\program files\microsoft sql server\mssql.7\data\catch.mdf' failed with the operating system error 3(the system cannot find the path specified)

here i take:
1) full backup
2)transcatinoal backups with truncate option
please let me know why i get this error and how do i rectify it

Thanks in advane
sridhar"

jen
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Posted - 2006-08-25 : 10:38:30
have you tried to restore with move option?

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