>>>>Hi,
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>>>>I am in the SSMS 2005 and I want to restore a backup but with a different name that the existing database (to compare the changes, if any). When I right mouse click on the Database I see choices Restore Database and Restore Files and Groups. Do I need first to create an empty database with a different name and then restore into it? (I have done it once before but forgot the steps).
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>>>You can create an empty database and then restore with override.
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>>What is strange (to me) is when I click on the Options button,the Restore the Database Files As table shows the "good" database that I do not want to overwrite. Yet in the General tab the To Database shows the name of the different name. I am sure it is something simply I am missing.
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>Here is what I generated using Script button
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>USE [master]
>RESTORE DATABASE [TestRestore] FROM  DISK = N'C:\SQL DB Backups\All DBs\AdventureWorks2008R2.bak' WITH  FILE = 1,  NOUNLOAD,  REPLACE,  STATS = 5
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>GO

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>It failed for me with Access Denied error, so I didn't re-try again. I suggest to close SSMS and use a similar command after you re-open SSMS.

Thank you. I will try first in my SSMS to be sure I understand what is going on. Before I "break" customer database.