Now Easily Overcome Master Database – Error 3417 of SQL Server

SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS) by Microsoft that is designed for the enterprise environment. It has got two primary query languages, T-SQL and ANSISQL. It provides you the flexibility to access your database from anywhere, be it from a data center, desktop, or from a mobile device. It also provides the combined services to query, search, synchronize, report, and analyze the database records. However, at times it may happen that the SQL Server is unable to run. It may be possible that the master database has gone corrupt. This can be possible because of various reasons such as virus infections, human errors, power outages, abrupt system shutdown while SQL Server was open. In such cases, you should replace the corrupted database with its updated backup. However, if the backup is not updated then you should use MS SQL recovery software to recover SQL database.

While working with SQL, you might encounter access denied error in the event viewer log. It happens because the SQL Express tries to open the Master database from C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA\master.mdf. However, the SQL Server does not have the permission to run this. You need to try following the below mentioned steps to resolve this issue.

1. Open the SQL Server Configuration Manager
2. Choose the SQL Server Services node.
3. Right-click on the option, which is causing problem and select Properties.

Once you have selected properties, you can check out C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA for the security properties. If the user does not have permission, grant permission to the user or try running SQL Express as a different user.

Consider a scenario wherein you have MS SQL Server 2008 installed on your system. When you log onto the SQL Server, you are unable to do so. An error message is displayed, that is:

“Cannot recover the master database. SQL Server is unable to run. Restore master from a full backup, repair it, or rebuild it. For more information about how to rebuild the master database, see SQL Server Books Online.”

Cause:

The cause of the mentioned error message is that the SQL Server is unable to start the master database. If the master or tempdb database cannot be mounted, SQL Server cannot run. It is quite possible that the master database has gone corrupt because of various aforementioned reasons.

Resolution:

In order to resolve this issue, you should, first of all, check whether there is an updated backup of the master database. If yes, then you should replace it with the corrupted database. However, if the database is not updated then you should use efficient SQL database recovery software to perform SQL recovery of the corrupted database. Such read-only tools are able to recover SQL databases using fast yet sophisticated scanning algorithms.

Stellar Phoenix SQL Database Repair is an SQL Server recovery tool that enables you to perform SQL database recovery of the corrupted databases. It is able to repair various database components such as tables, defaults, stored procedures, triggers, views, and rules. It can also repair user-defined data types and functions and also database constraints such as primary key, foreign key, unique key, and check. It is compatible with Windows 8, 7, Vista, Server 2008, Server 2003, and XP. In addition, it supports MS SQL Server 2012 and all lower versions including 2008 R2, 2008, 2008*64, 2008 Express, 2005, 2005*64, Express, 2000, 2000*64, 7.0 and mixed formats.