I am thinking worst case scenario & want to be prepared & have a plan for all avenues. Yes, I'd check the windows event log & sql server error log but honestly, unless there is something in there that gives me something to go on, I would be tempted to not waste too much time. - have I mentioned I'm an "accidental" dba -- .net developer 85% of the time.

Thank you everyone for the replies & links posted, I've found them very informative. I think what i've got from this is to practice practice practice the different methods that may be needed for recovery.