Restore Database with Multiple Files

All
I have a database with multiple files ie. an mdf and two ndf. I have
performed a full database backup using BACKUP DATABASE dbname to DISK =
'filename' and I would like to restore the database to another server and
only have one file ie. PRIMARY mdf instead of the three files. Can anyone
advise how this can be achieved.
Thanks
That is not possible. A SQL Server backup is more or less a binary dump if the data pages, so SQL
Server need to put each page in the same file and on the same page address (as other pages might be
pointing to this page). Restore as original, and do the shuffling after the restore. Or do the
shuffling before the backup.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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> All
> I have a database with multiple files ie. an mdf and two ndf. I have
> performed a full database backup using BACKUP DATABASE dbname to DISK =
> 'filename' and I would like to restore the database to another server and
> only have one file ie. PRIMARY mdf instead of the three files. Can anyone
> advise how this can be achieved.
> Thanks
>