Mdf Restoration Fails Due to File Version Conflict

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Mdf Restoration Fails Due to File Version Conflict

MS SQL Server does not allow you to restore from a backup which was created on SQL Server file version that is different from one on which you are trying to restore. When you try to restore in such situation, you may get the following error message:

"Server: Msg 3168, Level 16, State 1, Line 1

The backup of the system database on device d:\temp\master.bak cannot be restored because it was created by a different version of the server (134217904) than this server (134217920).

Server: Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1

RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally."

After this error message, the restoration process gets terminated.

Grounds of the trouble

This problem may occur if the database schema of the system database has been changed. This change is leading to the file system conflict for the SQL Server. Thus, the database schema is causing inconsistencies. This process is resulted due to the file version mismatch.

After this error message, you can not restore your corrupted database from backup and may get in serious problems. It is the worst scenario for a database administrator or an organization. It could probably put you out of the business.

Workaround of this issue

To work around this problem, you need to install the same file version of SQL Server as it is in the backup system. This will avoid the file version mismatch and finally database inconsistencies and file version conflict like problems.

Though, it works in most of the cases, but upgrading or degrading the file version of any application could make the situations worse. Your MDF file may get damaged further and may become completely irreparable. In such cases, you need to use third party  SQL repair software to carry out MDF recovery.

SQL recovery software are easy to use applications, which are specifically designed to repair and restore the damaged MDF file and achieve perfect MDF repair. MDF recovery software are applicable to each case of MDF corruption. Use powerful and reliable SQL recovery software to ensure perfect and safe SQL repair.

Stellar Phoenix SQL Database Recovery software is the best ever made and highly developed  SQL recovery software, able to handle every MDF corruption posers. With easy user interface, it is very simple to achieve MDF repair with this SQL repair software.

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