.bak file does not show in Restore window

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.bak file does not show in Restore window

groads2

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January 10, 2015 at 1:41 pm

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I have a windows 8 pc that I just got and installed sqlexpress 2014. My buddy haw windows 7 and installed sqlexpress on his pc. We create a db on his pc, did a backup, copied the backup to my pc. In ssms I right click on "database" > restore database. click device and the button to find my file. I navigate to the folder where the file shows in file explorer but the .bak file does not show in ssms to restore from. This is probably a windows thing but I have don't know what to look at. Thanks for your help.
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groads2 SSC Veteran Points: 254 More actions · Answer 1

I copied the backup file to the default path of the sqlexpress backups on my pc and it shows up in ssms restore window.. I will look at the permissions on that folder to see if I need to change the permission on the original folder i copied it to. Thanks.

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398890 More actions · Answer 2

You may also see this if the extension is different. It's one of the many reasons I prefer using scripts for restore anyway. The GUI is limiting and difficult.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004365 More actions · Answer 3

Gosh, I dunno, Grant. If the backups are taken correctly, I've found the GUI actually does a pretty good job about figuring out which DIF/TRNs go with the latest BAK especially when the backup takes several hours and the LDFs are created every 15 minutes. Of course, I also don't deviate from the .Bak, .Dif, .Trn naming convention.

I do agree that if you want to use something other than the latest BAK (other than the restore of a "copy only" for an update to another environment) that the GUI can be limiting there.

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