Restore Problem SQL Server Version?

Question

I am getting following error.

Restore failed for Server

I have recently upgraded SQL Server 2005 Express to SQL Server 2008 Express.

Answer 1

You cannot restore a backup from a higher SQL Server version on a lower version - this has never been able in SQL Server.

If you have a SQL Server 2008 backup, you can only restore that on a SQL Server 2008 (or later) machine - but not on a 2005 box. No trick, no workaround, no way to do it.