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Do you have SQL database backups? Then see
Restore a Database Backup Using SSMS
Or do you have only the database fils (mdf+ldf), Then see
How to restor a SQL database
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vegar slotnes
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yesterday i reinstalled windows (but keept my files).
now when i reinstalled it and reinstalled sql server i cant get my data back.
the sql server is serving as a database for a calculations program named pro adm, and all my projects inn that program is sotred in the sql database.
i dont know basicaly anything about sql, i only followed a step by step guide to get the program up and running, and now i need help getting it back if its possible
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2023-06-16T07:10:23.5266667+00:00 Hi @vegar slotnes
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Olaf Helper 47,436 Reputation points2023-06-13T09:24:03.8933333+00:00 -
vegar slotnes 0 Reputation points
2023-06-13T11:13:01.8066667+00:00 I cant seem to find any of those files, i didnt activly take a bakcup of the database, and im searching thru the entire computer to find the mdf and ldf files.
i can find some .log files and a .json file, dont know if i can salvage anything from those
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Olaf Helper 47,436 Reputation points
2023-06-13T11:43:25.9133333+00:00 Sure you had a SQL Server with databases on the old machine?
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vegar slotnes 0 Reputation points
2023-06-13T11:59:59.29+00:00 yes, and its the same machine, same hard drives and everything, just ran windows recovery on it, it might have over written all the old files when the new got installed, because all the files i can find except .dll files have todays date on them.
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Olaf Helper 47,436 Reputation points
2023-06-13T12:23:13.4566667+00:00 just ran windows recovery
Database files are permanently in use by SQL Server and so can't be backup by simple tools like Windows Recovery. On SQL Server itself can create valid backups of the database.
I think you won't find any database in your Win backup.
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