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    <p>I have taken backup of SQL Server 2008 DB on server, and download them to local environment.</p> <p>I am trying to restore that database and it is keep on giving me following error.</p> <blockquote> <hr> <p>An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)</p> <p>------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:</p> <p>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)</p> <p>For help, click: <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&amp;ProdVer=09.00.4053&amp;EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&amp;EvtID=3241&amp;LinkId=20476">http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&amp;ProdVer=09.00.4053&amp;EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&amp;EvtID=3241&amp;LinkId=20476</a></p> </blockquote> <p>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)</p> <p>But its not working. After that I tried to execute following command on server.</p> <pre><code>BACKUP DATABASE go4sharepoint_1384_8481 TO DISK=' C:\HostingSpaces\dbname_jun14_2010_new.bak' with FORMAT </code></pre> <p>It is giving me following error:</p> <blockquote> <p>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.</p> </blockquote> <p>After researching I found the following 2 useful links: </p> <ol> <li><a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290787">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290787</a></li> <li><a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlsetupandupgrade/thread/4d5836f6-be65-47a1-ad5d-c81caaf1044f">http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlsetupandupgrade/thread/4d5836f6-be65-47a1-ad5d-c81caaf1044f</a></li> </ol> <p>But I am still not able to restore Database correctly.</p> <p>Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.</p>
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