Hi everyone,
I need to restore an SQL Server database for which I do not have an update. My Win7 machine crashed and I cannot boot the system any more - fortunately, I can still access the files on the hard drive, also in the program directories.
I had a database under SQL Server 2008 R2 Express, which I need. Is there a way to restore it using the files from the old system? Unfortunately, I don't have a backup and I have little to no background knowledge about SQL Server.
So far, I tried two things: I copied the *.mdf file with the database's name from the data directory under program files to the respective path on a new machine with Win10 and SQL server 2017, but this did not work. I also set up a virtual machine with Win7 and SQL Server 2008 R2, then I copied the same files to the respective directory - but this also failed. I assume, there are other requirements, I'm not aware of.
Can anybody give me advice, how I can recover my database?
Thanks so much!
Kathrin