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ahmeds08
Aged Yak Warrior
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 Posted - 2011-01-29 : 01:53:36
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| hello everybody, iam unable to restore database from my local disk. i get this error 'The media family on device 'D:\Practice.bak' is incorrectly formed. SQL Server cannot process this media family.RESTORE HEADERONLY is terminating abnormally'.iam using sql server 2008. |
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GilaMonster
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
4507 Posts |
Posted - 2011-01-29 : 02:13:43
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| The backup file is damaged. Get a new backup(or you're trying to restore a higher version to a lower version, but that gives different errors these days)--Gail ShawSQL Server MVP |
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ahmeds08
Aged Yak Warrior
737 Posts |
Posted - 2011-01-29 : 02:16:44
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Originally posted by GilaMonster
The backup file is damaged. Get a new backup(or you're trying to restore a higher version to a lower version, but that gives different errors these days)No...The same file has been restored on my colleague's system succesfully.--Gail ShawSQL Server MVP
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ahmeds08
Aged Yak Warrior
737 Posts |
Posted - 2011-01-29 : 02:19:24
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Originally posted by ahmeds08
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Originally posted by GilaMonster
The backup file is damaged. Get a new backup(or you're trying to restore a higher version to a lower version, but that gives different errors these days)No...The same file has been restored on my colleague's system succesfully.--Gail ShawSQL Server MVP
No..the same backup file has been successfully restored on my colleague's system. |
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GilaMonster
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
4507 Posts |
Posted - 2011-01-29 : 09:34:32
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| Then it was damaged in the copy to your machine or you're trying to restore to a lower version than the backup was taken on.--Gail ShawSQL Server MVP |
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