I recommend you review these:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2000/maintain/sqlbackuprest.mspxhttp://www.devx.com/gethelpon/10MinuteSolution/16507http://www.sql-server-performance.com/backup_restore_tuning.asphttp://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid87_gci1076630,00.html?track=sy41>Hi,
>To backup an SQL database, is it suffcient just to copy out the .MDF and .LDF files.
>(I tried to restore from these recently but ran into problems )
>
>Regards,
>Gerard
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