Question

I wont restore my database but the location path is not the same. How can i change this path(partition)?

RESTORE DATABASE [MY_DATABASE] 
FROM  DISK = 'C:\Content.bak' 
WITH  FILE = 1,  
NOUNLOAD,  
STATS = 10

Error Message:

Msg 5133, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Directory lookup for the file “F:….\Content01.mdf” failed with the operating system error 3(failed to retrieve text for this error.
Reason: 15100).
Msg 3156, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
File ‘Content01’ cannot be restored to ‘F:….\Content01.mdf’. Use WITH MOVE to identify a valid location for the file.
Msg 5133, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Directory lookup for the file “H:….\Content01_log.LDF” failed with the operating system error 3(failed to retrieve text for this
error. Reason: 15105).
Msg 3156, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
File ‘Content01_log’ cannot be restored to ‘H:….\Content01_log.LDF’. Use WITH MOVE to identify a valid
location for the file.
Msg 3119, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Problems were identified while planning for the RESTORE statement. Previous messages provide details.
Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.

THANKS.

Answer 1

RESTORE DATABASE [My_Database] 
FROM DISK = 'C:\Content.bak'
WITH MOVE 'MyDatabase_Data' TO 'C:\Data\MyDatabase_Data.mdf',
MOVE 'MyDatabase_Log' TO 'C:\Data\MyDatabase_Log.ldf',
REPLACE,
STATS=10