SQL server - extract and run queries on 20GB data

I do have 开发者_C百科a BKS file which contains 15GB+ size. How do I extract the data and run queries on this? I was told that this is SQL Server data. Should I try to upload this to SQL Azure? Any ideas.

You must use any edition of SQL Server, restore database and run your queries. SQL Express not able to work with such amount data - there is limitation on 4GB (ver2010).

download sql server 2008 express edition from microsoft (free), and restore the backup on your dev machine..

It was actually a BAK file. Just run the standard restore database and point to the bks file.