• If it is corruption, nothing can be done, that backup's not restorable.

    Was it taken with native backup (backup database... to disk = ...) or was it taken with a 3rd party tool (SQLBackup, LiteSpeed, etc)? Was hyperbak installed on the server?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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