Migrate from SQL2000 (SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS) To SQL 2008 (Arabic_CI_AS ) for Arabic

Dear Support,
We have SQL Server 2000 with collation SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS. We have the data indexed in Arabic.
We have an archiving solution (File360 from OpenText) which is connected to SQL server database and we were able to
read arabic through the system.
Now we need to upgrade SQL server from SQL2000 to SQL2008 for the latest version of archiving solution (which supports
SQL2008 -> SQL2012)
We created new database in SQL2008 with collation Arabic_CI_AS. Then We migrated the data using Backup-Restore method
into this database. We found the database collation converted to Arabic_CI_AS from SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS, but
the column collation remain same (ie SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS).
With SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS collation, the output for "select ID_1032 from EP13_10 where ID_14=422394" was in
???? format.
We altered the column collation manually using the sql
"alter table ep13_10 alter column ID_1032 char(250) COLLATE ARABIC_CI_AS"
Then also the result was in same ???? format. But we could able to read and write arabic for new records.
We need a solution to convert our old data to Arabic_CI_AS collation.
Is there any alternate way of migrating the data ?
Kindly guide us how to proceed.
Thanks & Regards

We created new database in SQL2008 with collation Arabic_CI_AS. Then We migrated the data using
Backup-Restore method
into this database. We found the database collation converted to Arabic_CI_AS from SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS, but
the column collation remain same (ie SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS).
Hello,
The effective collation is define on column level, the Server/database collations are only default values.
The backup is a real 1:1 copy of the database and when you restore the old database to a newer server, you can a again a real 1:1 copy and that's why the column collation remains the same.
One Option is to create a new database with the required collation. Restore the old database under a different name; then you can copy the data from the old database into the new one.
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