Comments on: How to restore (import) a SQL Server database from file

By: Denis

Denis — Sat, 08 May 2010 10:16:28 +0000

Thanks Ted

By: Neha

Neha — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:18:49 +0000

Hello,Can u tel me why i am not able to view the other pages,as i navigate to those links…???

By: Amish Parekh

Amish Parekh — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 01:25:54 +0000

Hello Ted,

These instructions helped me immensely. I think my issue is now resolved.

Thank You,

Amish.

By: ted

ted — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:25:04 +0000

Mad_Dog,
In order to fix this error “5(error not found)” when restoring an SQL Server database, you need to grant Write permission on the target folder to the computer Account or Group that SQL Server is running as. For you, it looks like the folder you are trying to restore the database to is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL so then try the following steps:

1) Determine what account your SQL Server is running as. Open Control Panel and go to Services. Find the service named SQL Server or SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS) and open it up. Go to the Log On tab and see what account it is using. For me this is “Sql Server Service”.

2) Open Windows Explorer and determine the folder where your database files (*.mdf) are located). For you the path above is likely where they are. For others, this location depends on what version of SQL Server you are running so each computer will be different. For example on my computer the path is C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\DATA

3) Right click on the folder where your database files are and choose Properties. Go to the Security tab and grant Full Control to the account you found in Step 1 above.

By: Mad_Dog

Mad_Dog — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:02:11 +0000

I followed the steps above, and I get this error. What happened? Can anyone help me? I`m running Windows Vista Ultimate x86 in Administrator mode, so I have privileges.

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Restore failed for Server ‘PRESARIO-PC\SQLEXPRESS’. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Express.Smo)

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Program Location:

at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Restore.SqlRestore(Server srv)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SqlManagerUI.SqlRestoreDatabaseOptions.RunRestore()

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System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The operating system returned the error ‘5(error not found)’ while attempting ‘RestoreContainer::ValidateTargetForCreation’ on ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\agenda.mdf’. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Express.Smo)

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

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Program Location:

at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExecutionManager.ExecuteNonQueryWithMessage(StringCollection queries, ServerMessageEventHandler dbccMessageHandler, Boolean errorsAsMessages)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupRestoreBase.ExecuteSql(Server server, StringCollection queries)
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Restore.SqlRestore(Server srv)

By: Sureshkumar

Sureshkumar — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:24:13 +0000

Thank’s …. restore sql server 2005
it’s working