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Asked: 2026-05-15T21:52:36+00:00

We have a client who wants us to extract data from their MS SQL

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We have a client who wants us to extract data from their MS SQL bak file. I’ve gone to restore it, but I’m just getting:

TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express

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

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Access is denied due to a password failure
RESTORE FILELIST is terminating abnormally. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 3279)

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=09.00.4053&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=3279&LinkId=20476

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OK

The password itself seems to have been set by the original software vendor, and so the client doesn’t have it.

Is there any way I can reset or obtain this password?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Do you know the SA password for the database? Long shot, but they could be the same. Try it with the following:

    RESTORE DATABASE Northwind FROM DISK='C:\yourbackup.BAK' WITH MEDIAPASSWORD='thepassword'
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