CirquedeSQLeil (3/17/2010)
If you follow all these steps, you should be fine as far as data loss goes.In other words, you will have your bases covered and should be protected against data loss.
I might add one more step to the backup - copy the backup to another server somewhere (thus have two copies). This is an extra precautionary step.
Thanks for your wonderful advice. This will make me comfortable now.