HI TUellner,

This was indeed an SQL 2014 express that was upgraded.  This is why the DATA path stayed the same.

Regards,

Stephane

Hi Jeffrey Williams 3188,

Thank you for your answer.   I will approach this problem considering a lock on the database coming from a security programs just after the reboot.  I am...

HI crow1969

Thanks for the InputThis machine has a fixed IP address.   From what I see in the logs is appears ok

2019-10-30 06:21:08.03 spid11s Server is listening on [ 'any' <ipv6>...

HI durai nagarajan,

Indeed I do not know if exclusions on SQL Server data files are set for the Antivirus,  I will check that.  Thanks for the pointer

The automatic (delay) was...

Hi Sreekanth B,

Thank you for your answer.  Since there is only one C: drive in this machine and the OS, SQL Server and Databases all reside on this drive, I...

Thank you for the question. It made me realize that NOT IN (x, y) really means NOT IN x AND NOT IN y.

I was thinking more like NOT IN...