How do I open a .BAK file in SQL Server?

How do I open a BAK backup file?

bak file using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) you must do the following steps. On the database you want to restore, right-click it then go to Tasks -> Restore -> Database, as can be seen below. Then check the radio button From device and click on the button to browse for the location of the . bak file.

What program opens a BAK file?

You can open a BAK file and use it to restore a SQL Server database in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, which is included in Microsoft SQL Server.

How do I read a SQL Server backup file?

To view the content of a backup tape or file Expand Databases, and, depending on the database, either select a user database or expand System Databases and select a system database. Right-click the database you want to backup, point to Tasks, and then click Back Up. The Back Up Database dialog box appears.

How do I convert a BAK file to SQL?

A . bak can't be converted to SQL directly -- it contains a backup of a database which does not have a clear relationship to SQL. You could restore the backup and then use SQL Server tools and then use that to make some SQL to recreate the SQL server objects but not the dat.