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Restore Files Locked By An Application
When restore files from the backup destination, saved either by scheduled backup or by Data Recovery Bin, a user may encounter a problem that some of the files are locked by an application. In this situation, attempt to restore files into the original source location may cause error.
There are two ways to resolve the problem:
- To restore the files to a different location - this method allows users to get the previous versions of a file and check its content without having to interrupt with on-going process of the data processing. The files can be either discarded or copied into the original location later as replacement.
- To stop the service of the application associated to the file - this will overcome the error and allow users to restore files directly into the original source location. An example on restoring a database file that is associated to the MS SQL service is given below.
Using MSSQL files as an example
To restore these files, you will need to:
- Stop the MSSQL service from Windows Services
- Copy the files back - in our example, folder1 is the original source folder, folder2 is the backup target folder. You can choose to either copy the entire folder2 to c:\ drive or some of the files in folder2 to folder1.
- Restart the MSSQL service
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