Hi,I need to restore a wss application using MDF file. I could not take a back up from central administration. Thanks!!Gaurav

Hi,- Using SQL Management Studio, attach your database file- Create Web App on your WSS Central Admin->Application Management->Create or extend Web App->Create New Web App. - Associate restored DB with new Web AppCentral Admin->Application Management-> SharePoint Web Application Management->Content Databases->Remove Content Database from your new web app.- Now use STSADM to add restored DB to this web appc:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extentions\12\bin on WSS is where you can find the STSADM.run this command from there.stsadm -o addcontentdb -url http://yourwebapp:port -databasename yourcontentdb -databaseserver yoursqlserver- Run ISSRESET from command prompthope this help Best Regards, Ammar MCT http://ahmed-ammar.blogspot.com Posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Hi, You can restore the content in a WSS site (i.e. the sites etc) into an existing WSS application from its MDF / LDF. You could follow the steps given in the Technet article here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288946.aspx Summary: In Sharepoint, delete the content database from the web application where you want to restore info (if the same name) or create a new web application. 1: Copy the LDF and MDF to SQL 2: Attach the DB in SQL 3: In Sharepoint, attach the Content DB 4: Reset IIS Hope this helps Cheers Geoff

Thanks Geoff & ahmed.