SQL Server database restore error: specified cast is not valid. (SqlManagerUI)

Question

I am using SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard (version 10.50.1600.1) for my production website and SQL Server Express edition with Advanced Services (v10.50.1600.1) for my localho

Answer 1

Below can be 2 reasons for this issue:

1. Backup taken on SQL 2012 and Restore Headeronly was done in SQL 2008 R2

2. Backup media is corrupted.

If we run below command, we can find actual error always:

restore headeronly
from disk = 'C:\Users\Public\Database.bak'

Give complete location of your database file in the quot

Hope it helps