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Restore 2005 backup to 2008 database

I was under the impression you could do this however when I try when I select the backup file as the source I get an error dialog saying

"Specified cast is invalid. (SQLManagerUI)"

Am I missing something?

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Got an error with that too but tried another backup which worked so I may have a corruption
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Another backup worked ok so I guess it must have been some sort of corruption
please checck the database using the query

restore verifyonly from disk='c:\***********path of the backup file'

RESTORE  filelistonly
from disk = 'C:\Krishna\Krishnafile pathn.bak'


Thanks for all help