Re: How to get data from a malfunctioning sql-server?

From: Andrew J. Kelly (sqlmvpnooospam_at_shadhawk.com)
Date: 09/16/03


Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:23:52 -0400


You might be able to attach the files on the new server. Just placing them
in a directory does not work. In any case you must install sql server first
on the new server before you attempt any of this. These should help:

http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=314546 Moving DB's between Servers
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=224071 Moving SQL Server Databases
to a New Location with Detach/Attach
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=221465 Using WITH MOVE in a
Restore
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=246133 How To Transfer Logins and
Passwords Between SQL Servers
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=298897 Mapping Logins & SIDs after a
Restore
http://www.dbmaint.com/SyncSqlLogins.asp Utility to map logins to
users
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=168001 User Logon and/or Permission
Errors After Restoring Dump
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=240872 How to Resolve Permission
Issues When a Database Is Moved Between SQL Servers
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/scriptdetails.asp?scriptid=599
Restoring a .mdf
http://www.support.microsoft.com/?id=307775 Disaster Recovery Articles
for SQL Server

-- 
Andrew J. Kelly
SQL Server MVP
"Hans Roger Lien" <hlie@cronus.no> wrote in message
news:056c01c37c51$1ce91b60$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> The Nachi.A virus caused system registry failure, that
> forced me to replace the existing registry with an old
> backup. This backup was taken before any software were
> installed, and because of that none of the installed
> programs are loaded in startup, including sql-server. How
> do I get my data from the old crashed sql-server into an
> other sql-server? Tried to just copy the files from
> MSSQL\Data but that didn't work...


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