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So are you saying it should be on my C: drive rather than a flash drive? If so, I was kinda thinking along those lines...
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So are you saying it should be on my C: drive rather than a flash drive? If so, I was kinda thinking along those lines...

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Thanks guys...your suggestions helped and I was able to perform the restore!
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Thanks guys...your suggestions helped and I was able to perform the restore!

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I have a SQL Server 2008 .Bak file on a flash drive and I'm trying to restore it using SQL Server 2012 and I'm getting the following error. See attachment.<br />
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I have a SQL Server 2008 .Bak file on a flash drive and I'm trying to restore it using SQL Server 2012 and I'm getting the following error. See attachment.

Trying to restore 2008 SQL Server Backup file to SQL Server 2012?

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.