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Missing Database Files

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This is an odd one. I can't believe that I have not been able to find anything via Google on this so I thought I'd throw it out to you all.

A couple of systems would not start normally today. After quite a bit of troubleshooting I finally narrowed down what was the cause of them not starting - the MSSQLSERVER service on the SQL server that houses their databases would not stay started. It would start w/out error, then crash after a few seconds. Looking through the event logs, I found that multiple errors referenced missing .mdf files. I went looking in the MSSQL/DATA folder and sure enough, the database files were all gone. After a momentary panic, I browsed to the root of the drive and did a search for *.mdf. ALL of the database files (.mdf and .ldf) had been moved to a folder called _leftOvers. A Google search has turned up nothing at...


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