I don't know if there are other alternatives, but that's what I did. CReate the DB manually, and then restore the backup (that came from another server).

You may also have to modify the file paths (DB & log) at the time of the restore to match the target server/database (assuming the datapaths are different on each server).

Guy




>If you want to restore a database that was backup up from another server (on another system) do you have to create a database of the same name first?
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>I am trying to restore a database from a .bak file on a disk but I don't see a choice in my Restore Database window to specify where the backup resides?
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>Any suggestions, please?
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>Thank you.