Comments on: Restoring a SQL database with an .mdf file http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/restoring-a-sql-database-with-an-mdf-file/ Sat, 25 May 2013 13:28:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: vinnysan37 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/restoring-a-sql-database-with-an-mdf-file/#comment-107063 vinnysan37 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:58:07 +0000 #comment-107063 You may restore sql database thanks to following software

sql server fix

tool will save all sql tables, stores and so on inside new .sql file

]]> By: mrdenny http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/restoring-a-sql-database-with-an-mdf-file/#comment-80392 mrdenny Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:54:36 +0000 #comment-80392 This won’t always work, as the sizes will be different from the sizes of the files that are listed in the master database. Not to mention why would you stop the instance to do something which you don’t have to take an outage to complete?

]]> By: jatinmuttreja http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/restoring-a-sql-database-with-an-mdf-file/#comment-80353 jatinmuttreja Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:04:06 +0000 #comment-80353 you can do it by stopping SQL service from SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS.
first create the database with same name, than after stopping sql service, just simply copy paste the MDF and LDF files from your backup.

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