HELP !!!!!!!!!!! mdf files

[Guest]

hi,

I need to send an .mdf file in an email and I cannot do it. I cant even zip
it. I cant do a thing with it. I stopped sql server and that doesnt seem to
have helped, since I thought it was accessing it. I shut everything down too.
What the )$#(*)($* is going on???????? can somebody give me a hint please
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks

 

[Terry Kreft]

Start SQL Server
Detach the db
Zip the file
Attach the db

 

[Guest]

Thanks Terry, that worked.

Start SQL Server
Detach the db
Zip the file
Attach the db