Quote Originally Posted by manuadoor
Dear friend,, I think u didn't get my question... I have seen many posts regardin this..


I want to copy the "MDF" as well as "LDF" files with out shutting down the sql server.. and not the .bak file....


Hope u can help me... thanks in advance
You cannot copy the MDF and LDF files without shutting down the server or detaching the database.

SQL server has these files open with data streams being manipulated at all times between them.

Why do you want to do something like this???