
Hence, if the master database is unavailable or inaccessible (because of any corruption or disaster that wipe off the disk where master database is stored) then, one cannot start the SQL Server. It records all the initialization information for MS SQL Server. Besides, Master is the database that is accountable to record the presence of all other databases and the storage location of those database files. In SQL Server, system objects are no longer saves in the master database instead of this, they are saved in the Resource database. It comprises instance-wide metadata like Endpoints, Logon accounts, System configuration settings, and Linked servers. The Master Database includes all the system-level information of a SQL Server system.


Along with this, we will also explain – How one can detect whether the master database is corrupted or not? and the step-by-step approach on how to restore SQL Master Database in SQL Server 2019, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2008 / 2008 R2, 2005, 2000.

Here in this article we are going to understand about SQL Master database corruption. Modified: July 20th, 2022 ~ SQL Server ~ 5 Minutes Reading
