Daily Archives: June 21, 2011


Error: “The file … cannot be moved by this RESTORE operation.”

This morning, I was trying to restore a database from a SQL 2005 backup to a new server.  The restore involved a full backup and a differential.  I restored the full backup with NORECOVERY via SSMS, but when I tried to restore the differential, also via SSMS, I got this error: Okaaay.  I was a […]