Restore a Microsoft SQL Database w/ missing MDF file

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about 19 years ago

$20-100 USD

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URGENT!! Hello, I am in the middle of switching hosting companies. The company that designed my website is giving me a lot of problems and I fear is keeping away some crucial files from me. They sent me the different folders for images and pictures and also my website database file. The Database file (Microsoft SQL) was sent as a zipped backup file. I unzipped it. It is a file with the .BAK extension. I need help to restore it. The new hosting company says it is missing the MDF file and a WEBconfig file. I don't know if it is right or wrong. Anyhow, I need to know if the DB file can be restored AS IT IS. Please let me know how to send the database (BAK) file to you and if you think that it can be restored. Our current hosting company whith whom we are having problems is shutting off the website tomorrow, Feb. 18 @ midnight. Please HELP! THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN ADVANCE... Raphael

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@BilalNiaz

Hi, I am a Pakistan based free lancer. I am sure that I can do it in 30 minutes. Please see the PMB. Thanks & Regards, Bilal

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@tanuj99

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Sir, please check you pmb for more details Thanks & Regards, Gurpreet Singh

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@SDLSolutions

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@mur2000

I have title of Microsoft Certify Proffesional (MCP) about MS SQL, so I think a can halp you.

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@mfeeney

Normally, if you don’t have the MDF file, you are screwed, as that is the actual database file. However, if the .BAK file is a database backup, it is almost trivial to restore it (i.e. creating a new MDF file in the process). That would assume that it’s a backup that is recent and can be restored (i.e. isn’t just a differential backup, etc.). The other – remote – possibility is that you can recreate the MDF file from the log file (the LDF file), but if your folks lost the MDF file, they likely lost the other, too. As for your “WEBconfig” file – SQL Server doesn’t need anything but an LDF and an MDF; are you using a .NET / IIS web site that accesses SQL? If so, that is where there are a number of XML webconfig files. I’d have to see the file to be sure. I could try to restore it, then sent you a description of what I got out of it (if anything) before you commit to paying me.

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