When you are trying to perform a database backup to a disk or tape, or a restore from disk or tape, error 3013/3266 may occur. For different SQL users, they may receive different messages when they encounter the error.
For SQL Server 7.0 Users:
For SQL Server 2000 Users:
For SQL Server 2005 Users:
Several reasons can cause the "BACKUP DATABASE is terminating abnormally" error. Let us have a look:
To fix the error manually, follow the solutions below:
To fix the error, you must delete or erase the device to perform new backups to the backup device. Before you delete or erase your data, back up your database in advance.
BACKUP DATABASE mydatabase TO DISK='C:\MyDatabase.bak' with FORMAT
If the error message occurs during a restore operation, it may be possible to retrieve other backup sets from the device by specifying the file number. Run the following command to retrieve the backup from Query Analyzer.
RESTORE HEADERONLY FROM DISK='C:\MyDatabase.bak'
Each backup set has one entry in the output. To indicate a specific backup set, use this code:
RESTORE DATABASE mydatabase FROM DISK='C:\MyDatabase.bak WITH FILE = FileNumber
Important: FileNumber is the backup set number you want to restore.
What if error 3013 still exists even after performing all the manual solutions? What can you do? You can restore the data from a corrupt .bak file. You should try Qiling MS SQL Recovery to fix this error. It is a superior database repair software. It can repair corrupted MDF or NDF SQL server database and solve SQL database problems. Besides, it can do the following things:
Follow the steps to repair your database and fix the error:
Step 1: Select the corrupted database for recovery
Note: To use this software, you need to stop the SQL Server service.
Step 2: Repair the corrupted database
Step 3: Export to the database or as scripts
Note: Before clicking "OK", you need to restart the SQL Server service.