Opening .bak files

[NissinaChan]

Hiya,

I have several .bak files which are automatically generated from the daily backups from a MS SQLServer2000 database. Does anyone know how I can open these or point me in the direction of a good (cheap/free) tool to do the same?

Thanks,
NC

 

[jonyah]

you have to restore them to a sql server. I don't think you can just 'open' them with any tools.

 

[NissinaChan]

Jonyah, thanks for that. Not exactly what I was hoping for But appreciated none the less.

 

[Stephen]

Jonyah is correct, they have to be restored on a SQL server, and can not be otherwise opened and used directly.