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MurraySobol985
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Jun 05, 2025

Unable to restore a backup

I have a backup named: xxxx.bak currently in my Temp directory.

This backup was made from SSMS V20.

I recently installed SSMS V21 and unable to restore this backup.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open SSMS connected as "sa"
  2.  Highlite "Database", right click to select "Restore Database"
  3. The window opens, I choose "General" under "Select a page", no "databases" are listed.
  4. I then switch to "device", again no "databases" are listed.
  5. I then look under "Destination, there are several database listed there but not the one I wish to restore.

I'm not sure what step, if any, that I am missing.

Murray

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