• The SQL Server service does not have permissions on the log file or the directory it's in. Check the permissions, ensure that SQL Server service has full control over both folder and file.

    Log file, not data file.

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