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Written By Mithilesh Tata
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Updated on September 30th, 2022
How to Restore Database SQL Server without Backup for Administrators
This blog explains the ways to restore database SQL Server 2016, 2014, 2012 and earlier with no backup.
Commonly, the database management system is used for storing and retrieving data by the Microsoft SQL Server. The files are stored in MDF, NDF, and LDF format. If there is a situation when your SQL database is lost due to any issue, then backups will help you out. So, it is always suggested to take backups regularly. But, the problem is that it is not certain when the data loss will occur due to multiple known and unknown causes. Further, if you have the backup of MDF and LDF files, then you can easily restore the deleted and lost database back their initial form. And if you don’t have the backup of MDF and LDF files, then it will be very difficult to recover them.
However, there are some manual method commands by which you can recover SQL Server database without backup.
Method to Restore Database SQL Server without Backup
The situation where there is no backup, then to recover corrupted tables in your SQL database, then follow the few commands which are described below.
DBCC CHECKTABLE (‘table_name’)
For checking the entire database in MS SQL Server, this command is being used by command line or query manager.
DBCC CHECKDB (‘database_name’)
The both REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS and REPAIR_FAST commands have the below repair options:
REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS
This command carries out the allocation and reallocation of rows, pages for removing allocation errors, structural row or page errors, deletion of damaged text objects, etc.
But these repair commands can cause loss of some data. This command should be run only when all other methods do not work. This recovery may be done under a user transaction to allow the user to roll back the changes made. If repairs are rolled back and further the database still has errors, then it should be restored from the backup. After completion of the recovery process, you will get a backup of the database.
REPAIR_FAST
This command carries out small and fast repair actions like repairing extra keys in non-clustered indexes. These fast repairs can be done and without data loss.
Also Read: Repair Index Corruption in SQL Server Database
Automated Method to Restore Database SQL Server without Backup
Sometimes, the manual method fails to repair SQL Server Database when there is high corruption and there are no backup files. In this situation, you should go for an automated solution that can effectively fix any level of corruption without a backup file. Thus, you can try SQL Database Repair software is the best tool to recover a SQL Server database without backup. This software can recover both corrupt MDF and NDF files. It can recover tables, views, triggers, default, programmability and other functions in SQL Server.
Conclusion:
Hope that you got the solution to restore SQL Server Database without backup. The two methods manual and automated are discussed above. In case, of severe corruption the automated method is preferable.
About The Author:
Mithilesh Tata is dedicated to making the lives of his customers as simple as possible. He enjoys learning about new applications and utilities that can help people protect their data. Mithilesh also has a strong grasp on email migration & data recovery. He enjoys validating every component of the software, technical materials, and anything else that has to do with his working life.
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