While it's likely the UK's fault, eating up all the bandwidth while you sip some tea, that wasn't my first thought 😛

I tend not to like db_datawriter as it grants rights to insert/update/dlete to all tables. You might have exceptions, especially if you do any auditing.

I prefer to create a user...

Nicknames have a unique index on them, so you can't pick a name that someone else has.

Seems to be running fine from here. The server is located in the UK. Perhaps the link from them to you has some slowdowns for some reason.

Can you load any...

I would lean towards rights. Can you log in as the SQL Agent service account and manually delete the files?

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I think that Andy has it right, you ought to keep things private conversations private unless you ask permission. I have emailed a lot of people about things before I've...

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Are there relevant entries in the SYSTEM or SECURITY Event logs?

You need to restore the full backup first, then each log individually, in order. I would restore everything with NORECOVERY always, so that if there is a mistake or another...

Jeffrey has laid it out well, and Joie is correct, you need to understand how your SAN works. I have had SANS that snapshoted things without letting SQL know that...

Do you know what SCD is? If you research a bit in terms of what this is, and how it works, you ought to be able to answer these questions.

Many...

You might defrag the index, but you cannot defrag a table without a clustered index. Set one up, then defrag.

What folder are you choosing? It shouldn't be the same one as the default instance.

As noted, this is a simple rights issue. Administrator doesn't necessarily have rights to every...

Public doesn't have rights to select from tables unless you granted them. And as noted above, you should not grant rights to public.

Before you remove them, however, you might...