How to repair .mdf file?

My sql databases in SQL Server 2014 has the status "suspend" as I saw in SQL Management Studio. I can't restore to serviceable condition sql databases through standard procedures. I need to restore .mdf file.

You may try to use third party tool
SQL Server Repair Toolbox. Free demo version is available from here http://www.sqlserver.repairtoolbox.com/how-to-repair-an-mdf-file.html
In case this solution couldn't help you, make use of next steps:
1. select ‘run’ from ‘start’ enter
2. ‘cmd’ and then enter type “chkdsk
3. x: /r” and press enter key, here X represents drive where mdf file is
4. stored to confirm restore press “Y” restart system, the drive will be scanned at startup and the MDF file is recovered

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How to repair xls file? Microsoft Excel report me what file is not Excel format.

When an Excel file is corrupted, then you can try several methods to recover it:
1. First of all, you can try to repair the file manually in Excel, as follows:
(1) On the File menu, click Open.
(2) In the Open dialog box, select the file you want to open, and click the arrow next to the Open button.
(3) Click Open and Repair, and then choose which method you want to use to recover your workbook.
You may find more information about this at:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repairing-corrupted-files-in-excel-HA001034656.aspx (for Excel 2003)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repairing-a-corrupted-workbook-HA010097017.aspx?CTT=1 (for Excel 2007)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repairing-a-corrupted-workbook-HA010342840.aspx?CTT=1 (for Excel 2010)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repair-a-corrupted-workbook-HA102749554.aspx?CTT=1 (for Excel 2013)
2. Second, since Excel 2003, it provides a "Document Recovery" mechanism so that when Excel is shutdown abnormally, the Excel file being edited will be recovered when Excel is launched next time, which makes the file recovery possible.
See below:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/recover-your-office-files-HP010354299.aspx?CTT=1
for more detailed information.
3. If 1 and 2 does not work, then you may try third-party tools such as DataNumen Excel Repair at
http://www.datanumen.com/excel-repair/
It provides a free demo version so that you can try to see if the data you want can be recovered or not.
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How to attach .mdf file to sql server 2008 EXPRESS

I have .mdf files created using SQL SERVER management studio 2012 in another computer and wish to attach the same to SQL SERVER 2008 EXPRESS in another computer. How should I do so? I tried this method :How
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Msg 948: The database xyz cannot be opened because it is version 706. This server supports version 655 and earlier. A downward path is not supported..
Any help??
You are trying to attach SQL Server 2012 database files to SQL Server 2008 R2 which is not allowed, you either need to upgrade your SQL Server 2008 to 2012 or alternatively you can generate all scripts from SQL Server 2012 and execute it in SQL Server
2008 R2.
You can refer below link to how to generate script.
http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2012/07/18/sql-server-generate-script-for-schema-and-data-sql-in-sixty-seconds-021-video/
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How to generate *.mdf file?

Hello!
I wish to generate a .mdf(measurement data file which is read in Vector CANape) file from *.txt or *.xls file. I'm looking to a VI that can do this or how can I convert a .txt file to a .mdf file.
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How to restore .MDF file to other instance

Hi All
I need your help, one of my sql cluster crashed. I rebuild SQL Cluster with same instance name and cluster name. I want to know how to restore one of our user database .MDF database file. By mistaken i deleted .LDF file. And now i'm facing challenge
to restore .MDF file.
If anyone face this issue, please share you experience.
Regards
Rinks

I entirely agree with Dan that you should restore the database from a clean backup.
Since the cluster crashed, I suspect that the database was not shut down cleanly and in this case you will not be able to attach the MDF with the suggestions Dan made.
It is possible to what Paul Randall calls a "hackattach", but I am not going to describe this here. You will be able to access the database, but the database may be full of corruptions. So I really hope that you have a backup.
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How to repair xls file? Microsoft Excel report me what file is not Excel format.

I need help again(( i have .xls file that cannot be opened by Excel. It reports that this file is not excel format. Can i recover it?

When an Excel file is corrupted, then you can try several methods to recover it:
1. First of all, you can try to repair the file manually in Excel, as follows:
(1) On the File menu, click Open.
(2) In the Open dialog box, select the file you want to open, and click the arrow next to the Open button.
(3) Click Open and Repair, and then choose which method you want to use to recover your workbook.
You may find more information about this at:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repairing-corrupted-files-in-excel-HA001034656.aspx (for Excel 2003)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repairing-a-corrupted-workbook-HA010097017.aspx?CTT=1 (for Excel 2007)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repairing-a-corrupted-workbook-HA010342840.aspx?CTT=1 (for Excel 2010)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repair-a-corrupted-workbook-HA102749554.aspx?CTT=1 (for Excel 2013)
2. Second, since Excel 2003, it provides a "Document Recovery" mechanism so that when Excel is shutdown abnormally, the Excel file being edited will be recovered when Excel is launched next time, which makes the file recovery possible.
See below:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/recover-your-office-files-HP010354299.aspx?CTT=1
for more detailed information.
3. If 1 and 2 does not work, then you may try third-party tools such as DataNumen Excel Repair at
http://www.datanumen.com/excel-repair/
It provides a free demo version so that you can try to see if the data you want can be recovered or not.
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How to Repair A File Changed into an Alias?

hello,
so i have a really frustrating problem. and here it is:
--oct 25 i backed up all my files onto an external hard drive (EHD)
--i upgraded my osx from snow leopard to mavericks
--attached my EHD to laptop to retrieve files
--discovered that several folders and documents had been changed to aliases.
not sure why this happened because i have drag and dropped files and folders directly from my desktop to my EHD without any changes. in fact i created a folder and some files on my desktop and drag and dropped them into the same EHD without any issues.
--i thought it might have something to do with mavericks.
--i resintalled snow leopard. still have the same problem & i cannot open the files or folders that have been changed into aliases on my EHD.
for one folder's type description, it says it is a unix executable file not an alias. even though there is a little black arrow showing on the folder icon.
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another message i am getting when i try to open a word document, .docx, with an arrow is: item "_______" is used by Mac OS X and can't be opened....
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You can put its code into the XML by using a textual encoding such as Base64. However, as images tend to have quite a lot of bytes and textual encodings tend to increase the amount of data even more, I'd rather deliver a pack of files and just state path/name of the images in XML.

How to recover .mdf file database?

I am having one of my database in SUSPECT mode.
1) I tried to Detach the database and than attach it, but it did not allow me to detach from the begging.
2) I tried to run the following commands:
ALTER DATABASE Database_Name SET EMERGENCY (Successfully).
ALTER DATABASE Database_Name SET SINGLE_USER (Successfully).
DBCC CHECKDB('Database_Name', REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS) (Failed).
All these actions can't provide proper result. I'm using SQL Server 2014. I supposed it can't be possible in such newest version of SQL.

First of all, you can refer to the following article
http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/creating-detaching-re-attaching-and-fixing-a-suspect-database/
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For your case, you may first call dbcc checkdb(mydb, REPAIR_REBUILD) to see if it can fix your database, REPAIR_REBUILD will take longer time but it will not cause data loss. If this command does not work, then you can try dbcc checkdb(mydb, REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS),
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How to repair excel file?

I have a corrupted excel file, in the sense , when I try to open my excel file, it says it is corrupted and the file has some Unsupported data and if I proceed to open, it says the Unsupported data cannot be repaired or removed. Function Open and Repair
doesn't help me. I'm using MS Excel 2013 on Windows 7 Ultimate.

Have a look here:
http://www.excelrepairtoolbox.com/
Still facing same problem then I will recommend you to try Excel Repair Toolbox
The following steps might help recover your file:
1. Click the File menu
2. Click Open
3. Locate the file, but do not click the Open button. Instead, click the drop-down arrow next to the Open button.
4. Click "Open and Repair"
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6. Let us know if this works. If not, we will see what else we can come up with for you.
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How do repair Excel file?

Microsoft autorepair function didn’t rescue my Excel file. What other xls repair tool exists for a recovering lost worksheets?

When a Microsoft Excel file is corrupt or damaged, then you can try several methods to repair and recover data from it:
1. First of all, try to repair the corrupt file manually. Follow below steps:
A. On the File menu, click Open.
B. In the Open dialog box, select the file that you want to open, and click the arrow next to the Open button.
C. Click Open and Repair, and then choose which method you want to use to recover your workbook.
Check-out below article for more information at:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repair-a-corrupted-workbook-HA102749554.aspx?CTT=1 (for MS Excel
2013)
2. since MS Excel 2003, it provides a "Document Recovery" mechanism so that when Excel is shutdown abnormally, the Excel file being edited will be recovered when Excel is launched next time, which makes the file recovery possible.
Read below article for more details:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/recover-your-office-files-HP010354299.aspx?CTT=1
3. If method 1 and 2 do not work, then you may try 3rd party Microsoft certified tools such as Stellar Phoenix Excel Repair at
http://www.stellarinfo.com/excel-recovery.htm
Software is available as both free demo & full user license versions. You can try demo version to see the preview of your file.
Good Luck!!!

How to repair my File vault

Can I have assistence in reparing my file vault form macbook pro OSX 10.6.8. Currently, i cant login but accepted my password but i keep on receiving massage that my file vault need reparing and when i click ok it says error has occur and try later!
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How to repair .cshrc file ?

Hello, I this get error when my solaris 10 start :
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alanst wrote:
set path=(/usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /etc)
isn't csh. Seems valid to me.
You want to change this to:
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How to repair corrupt sharepoint server (mdf) files

SharePoint server has become a very popular enterprise application to enhanced collaboration. As the quantity and value of data stored on SharePoint platform rises, backup and recovery becomes critical and it proves to be a challenge for administrators.There
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Basic tips to recover MDF file from corrupted SQL server

Hi users,
share the basic tips of MDF file recovery with good example and when the tool support with all over MS windows and MS SQL server.

Basic solution to recover MDF file from corruption is to run DBCC statements. It is a set of SQL statements -
1. Dbcc checkdb ('database_name') with no_infomsgs
You do not need to repair file if the above statement is executed without any errors. Before executing the repair operation, you need to set the database in single user mode by executing:
2. Alter database 'database_name' set SINGLE_USER
You can now start repairing process by using Repair_Rebuild model by executing:
3. Dbcc checkdb('database_name', REPAIR_REBUILD)
If this statement executes successfully, then execute 5.5 else execute:
4. Dbcc checkdb('database_name', REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS)
This statement may lead to data loss. If it is executed properly then execute 5.5 else execute:
5. 5.1 Alter database 'database_name' set EMERGENCY
5.2 Alter database 'database_name' set SINGLE_USER
5.3 Dbcc checkdb ('database_name', REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS) with no_infomsgs, all_errormsgs
5.4 Alter database 'database_name' set ONLINE
5.5 Alter database 'database_name' set MULTI_USER
Click here to get complete guide to repair MDF file.

Repair xlsx file of Excel 2013?

How to repair xlsx file of Excel 2013?

When a Microsoft Excel file is corrupt or damaged, then you can try several methods to repair and recover data from it:
1. First of all, try to repair the corrupt file manually. Follow below steps:
A. On the File menu, click Open.
B. In the Open dialog box, select the file that you want to open, and click the arrow next to the Open button.
C. Click Open and Repair, and then choose which method you want to use to recover your workbook.
Check-out following articles for more information about at:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repairing-corrupted-files-in-excel-HA001034656.aspx (for MS Excel
2003)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repairing-a-corrupted-workbook-HA010097017.aspx?CTT=1 (for MS Excel
2007)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repairing-a-corrupted-workbook-HA010342840.aspx?CTT=1 (for MS Excel
2010)
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repair-a-corrupted-workbook-HA102749554.aspx?CTT=1 (for MS Excel
2013)
2. Second, since MS Excel 2003, it provides a "Document Recovery" mechanism so that when Excel is shutdown abnormally, the Excel file being edited will be recovered when Excel is launched next time, which makes the file recovery possible.
Read below article for more details:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/recover-your-office-files-HP010354299.aspx?CTT=1
3. If method 1 and 2 do not work, then you may try 3rd party Microsoft certified tools such as Stellar Phoenix Excel Repair at
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