Restoring the master Database
You have probably guessed by now that the master database is definitely not just another database and is required to allow SQL Server to start, stop, and run as a service. The master database stores all the information about the users and databases on your system. Restoring the master database can be performed one of two ways. If you are able to start SQL Server and you find out that the master database is damaged, you can restore the database from a previous backup just as you would with a regular user database. If you have performed any operations that made modifications to the master database after the backup was performed, you might have to perform the operations again, for example, in the case of adding or deleting ...
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