>I am about to restore my computer to factory settings. Which, I believe, will wipe out drive C:. Drive C: is where all SQL Server 2008 databases are stored. I cannot start SQL Server. So the only way I can "back up" the databases is copy them to an external drive.
>Will I be able to "restore" these .MDF and .LDF file on the SQL Server that I will install later? How?
>TIA.
Attach database should work (not restore)
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