server down

[baala m]

let us take the server is down and all the data are corrupted. other than backup,replication, log shipping what can we do to get back the data or make the customer to proceed with the work ? bala

[Mycroft Holmes]

How many recovery methods do you want? Restore the database from the last backup. This is the tried and true method of recovering from a complete database failure.

[scottgp]

Type everything back in from scratch?