I will try that...thanks for your help

Thanks for all the replies. I will take note of all suggestions and will keep you up to date as to what happens.

Just one more thging, this Autogrowth to...

Thanks for your reply

The Recovery Model is simple.

There is no defined (or we can't catch it) reason why it should go like this. It is part of a cluster...

Thanks very much...I really appreciate your help

Can we go straight to three? don't we need 1 then 2 or is it recursive?

SQL 2005.

I have googled this error message and it does mention a bug, but I am unable to fine any fix for it. We do need to add SP1...

No...we reclaimed around helf of the 750gb drive when I issued the ALTER DATABASE command, however, were a bit concerned that this excessive growth with come back again and what...

Both the DAT and the LOG file are set to 100mb

I am sorry that I have not explained myself enough, but as I said I am a newbie. The problem is that for some reason, the Autogrowth on one...

Tnanks for your help Jack

I will try that.

I installed SQL 2005 SP3 and it worked from 2005 to 2008 Management console

Thanks for your patience...I am new to this so If I get things wrong I apologise

Thanks for your response...I shall pass this on

Thanks SQL Oracle...will give that a go...