Jay Tee
that's what I figured happened.. next time freeze it first

jcschild
Jay Tee
that's what I figured happened.. next time freeze it first

...and last, and in between, in triplicate, w a copy offsite.
 
Yessir, nobody has to tell me twice!

I lost my database 2 times.
first in 2000 under raid 10. flashed the firmware on the raid card... oops..
at that time I had floppy back ups (3 sets)
all corrupt .
we were able to rebuild the database from a old backup  almost completely, had to manually enter 3 months worth of data.
 
last time was last yr. I had/have.. 2 x raid 6 internal, data backs up to 2nd raid.. plus redundant server with single raid 6,
plus external drobo raid 5, plus external single drive for off site..
 
we had numerous back ups sadly every one corrupted as my SQL file got corrupt and kept getting worse.. so I was backed up 6 ways to sunday to no avail..
we were able to rebuild the database almost completely, had to manually enter 3 months worth of data.
same as in 2000..  
now we check the database integrity constantly..  ::sigh:: another lesson learned! shut us down from order processing for a week..

Just a clarification, People are mentioning defraging corrupting system files. When I use the windows defrag it shows a block of system data that cannot be touched. It is labeled "Unmovable Files" and is green. Is this not the windows system files?  

Hey folks. The replies are very interesting and I just wanted to post that the reason I haven't been participating lately is because my original question only had to do with defragging a drive where the audio files are--not system or other drives.
 
FYI--