one more error:

" The row was not found at the Subscriber when applying the replicated command"

in view synchronization monitor

This error would normally occur due to while publication is trying to...

http://kodeexii.net/blog/current-events-computer-technology/transactional-replication-without-snapshot.html

As suggested by Pradeep Singh, you can refer the mentioned link.

Schedule it (or) Start the process thru Replication monitor or run the relevent job in sqlagent --> jobs. Ensure the Log reader agent is in running state.

But while implementing the replication, the initial step would be creating snapshot, which actually transfers the entire schema of the articles you defined along with the data to the subscriber....

Implementing Replication would not require downtime. But you can do it on off hours. It does not require backup and restore. Instead you can create Publication and subscription and transfer...

If this is SQL Server 2000, if you have set DB Maintenance plan for optimizations.. Please check whether the option

‘Remove unused space from Database Files’ is enabled. If...

If you know the logical file name then create a blank database. Detach it and while attaching the DB refer the mdf and ldf file.

Thank you for the response.

Is it on OS Side or SQL Side ?