On 21 November 2012 23:02, M Jarvis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Michael Oke, II <[email protected]> > wrote: > > There isn't one that I'm aware of and spinrite is a drive repair tool, > not exactly a data recovery tool although there is some overlap there. > > > > > >>free and now > > tell me about it....Ya I was put in a really bad spot.... > > So as it turns out I talked someone in to climbing down off their > wallet and forking over the $$$ for the software tool I mentioned. > Actually, as far as I can tell the product works really well.... > > BUT I have the oddest problem... the timestamp on the SQL DB's is from > around 2012-07-12, yet they've been using the system all summer long. > Looking in the tables the latest records more or less match that same > date. It's like everything since mid July went POOF! > > I know that those DB timestamps can be a bit misleading, but my > understanding is that they get updated whenever the SQL service is > stopped/started. > > Anyhoo - the data is GONE as far as I can tell... it's almost like it > never got written to disk all summer long or something.... >
Could it be worth rebuilding the database from the transaction logs? http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/datacenter/restore-your-sql-server-database-using-transaction-logs/132 (will only work if database recovery mode is 'full') -- Paul --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cadwx0+k_vyw2njzfqmduqhm0s8yxf_wm48+jtf4c3mrpn3y...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
