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I had a SQL 7 server that stopped working for some reason - i.e the service wouldn't start(probably due to something else I installed). After uninstalling and reinstalling the service now starts. How do I tell SQL 7 to look at the old mdf files as databases?
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I had a SQL 7 server that stopped working for some reason - i.e the service wouldn't start(probably due to something else I installed). After uninstalling and reinstalling the service now starts. How do I tell SQL 7 to look at the old mdf files as databases?

Mount an MDF file as a database.

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