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                                    | karthikStarting Member
 
 
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                                            |  Posted - 2007-12-18 : 06:15:47 
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                                            | My mdf and ldf files were locked by windowsXP. Iam not using these files in anywhere of my two instances of databases. Even after stopping SQL SERVER 2005 iam not able to cut or copy those files.How to recover this files. |  |  
                                    | SwePesoPatron Saint of Lost Yaks
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2007-12-18 : 06:58:08 
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                                          | Which process is locking the two files? E 12°55'05.25"N 56°04'39.16"
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                                    | karthikStarting Member
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2007-12-18 : 07:07:26 
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                                          | quote:Iam unable cut or copy or even attach to my database. But iam able to rename the folder in which two files exist. Iam not running any application related to that.Originally posted by Peso
 Which process is locking the two files?
 E 12°55'05.25"N 56°04'39.16"
 
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                                    | SwePesoPatron Saint of Lost Yaks
 
 
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                                    | karthikStarting Member
 
 
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                                    | SwePesoPatron Saint of Lost Yaks
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2007-12-19 : 08:03:06 
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                                          | Great!What did the tool tell you? Which file has a handle for the mdf file that is locked? E 12°55'05.25"N 56°04'39.16"
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