Hello Sergey, thanks for the reply.

>It's not clear how are you doing backup. Are you using SQL Server built-in backup or something else?

I am simply copying the .mdf/.ldf files from my hdd to a dvd.

>Anyway, the transaction log size is way to big.

I have just shrunk the database, and the logfile is now only 1Mb. That's more like it!

Regards,
Alan