a windows utility for checking MD5 and SHA-1 checksums: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841290 i know there’s plenty of md5sum ports and the like, but here’s an official microsoft one. once installed run fciv.exe against a file. default algorithm is md5.

this is my current set up for a sql maintenance plan (i use the plan wizard): backup (full backup) optimize (rebuild indexes, update statistics, shrink database, check integrity) cleanup (delete expired backups) on different days if possible