title: Convert Bak into SQL
body: <p>I have a huge <code>.BAK</code> file (almost 1 GB) for my university project. I need to convert it to Excel files. I don't know if it is a MySQL or SQL Server <code>.BAK</code> file and for some reasons I cannot ask from person provide me about it.</p>
  
  <p>I need a free solution that is easy to perform. I can use both Linux and Windows.</p>
  
  <p>This question is not duplicate:</p>
  
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  <li><p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22344818/how-to-convert-bak-file-into-sql-file-sql-bak-file-to-mysql-supported-and-the">My SQL migration tool</a> doesn't exist any more.</p></li>
  <li><p>I can only afford free software from Microsoft which is <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/sql-server-editions/sql-server-express.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SQL Server 2014 Express</a>(or maybe there are others?). When I open <code>.Bak</code> file in SQL Server Management Studio 2014, I get this error:</p></li>
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  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/By51j.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/By51j.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Apart from error above, <a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/359097/debugging-does-not-stop" rel="nofollow noreferrer">making any procedure take very long</a> and it works very very slowly that force me to close the program. (I am using a fresh windows 7 which doesn't update, that is another problem but I think it is the reason for this strange behavior)</p>
  
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  <li>When I follow <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30225242/need-to-view-convert-bak-file-contents">this solution</a>, for any table I select, I receive 
  (0 row(s) affected) message. I am not sure even if there is any data loaded in SQL server.</li>
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