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Asked: 2026-05-15T15:08:14+00:00

I have taken backup of SQL Server 2008 DB on server, and download them

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I have taken backup of SQL Server 2008 DB on server, and download them to local environment.

I am trying to restore that database and it is keep on giving me following error.

An exception occurred while executing
a Transact-SQL statement or batch.
(Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)

—————————— ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The media family on device
‘C:\go4sharepoint_1384_8481.bak’ is
incorrectly formed. SQL Server cannot
process this media family. RESTORE
HEADERONLY is terminating abnormally.
(Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3241)

For help, click:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=09.00.4053&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=3241&LinkId=20476

I have tried to create a temp DB on server and tried to restore the same backup file and that works. I have also tried no. of times downloading file from server to local pc using different options on Filezila (Auto, Binary)

But its not working. After that I tried to execute following command on server.

BACKUP DATABASE go4sharepoint_1384_8481 
TO DISK=' C:\HostingSpaces\dbname_jun14_2010_new.bak' with FORMAT

It is giving me following error:

Msg 3201, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Cannot open backup device
‘c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL10.SQLEXPRESS\MSSQL\Backup\
C:\HostingSpaces\dbname_jun14_2010_new.bak’. Operating system error
123(The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is
incorrect.). Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 BACKUP DATABASE is
terminating abnormally.

After researching I found the following 2 useful links:

  1. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290787
  2. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlsetupandupgrade/thread/4d5836f6-be65-47a1-ad5d-c81caaf1044f

But I am still not able to restore Database correctly.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can check out this blog post. It had solved my problem.

    http://dotnetguts.blogspot.com/2010/06/restore-failed-for-server-restore.html

    Select @@Version
    It had given me following output Microsoft SQL Server
    2005 – 9.00.4053.00 (Intel X86) May 26 2009 14:24:20 Copyright (c)
    1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation Express Edition on Windows NT 6.0
    (Build 6002: Service Pack 2)

    You will need to re-install to a new named instance to ensure that you are using the new SQL Server version.

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