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Restoring MS-SQL DBs from .bak files

In the event of disaster, How does one recover previous system with backup files (.bak) on a new server and a fresh install of SQL Server?

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I appreciate your comments so far. This would work for user dbs. What about the master database? I try to restore over it, find the .bak file as a device, and am told that the backup's sort order and the current install's sort order do NOT match and it cannot proceed. Also, part of the error is that the binary sort order id of the backup (42) is not the same as the current (52).
Now what I want to do is force it over the existing master db. After that, I am certain that the rest is a simple matter indeed.

With that in mind, How do I restore the master db when the backup from which I am working was saved in a NON binary sort order?

Guy Hengel [angelIII / a3]

You have to rebuild the master database, using a tool that you should find on the SQL Server cd: rebuildm.exe
You can also reinstall the SQL Server, specifying those sort order.

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