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When attempting to restore a database the message:
‘restore of <database name> database failed. System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Directory lookup for file “C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SQLEXPRESS2012\MSSQL1.1\DATA\<database name>.mdf” failed with the operating system error 3(The system cannot find the path specified). (Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended)
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