I did not need actual data; an empty copy of the latest database would suffice. I could easily add a few test records for the demonstration after installing the database on my laptop. I created a copy ...

If you’ve the database backup available and know the time of data deletion, you can use the transaction log with Log Sequence Number (LSN) to recover the deleted data from SQL Server. However if you ...

Deleting all Data from a SQL Server Database (Part 2) ... If not truncated, the table is cleared with a DELETE FROM statement and the identity seed field is explicitly reset to the original seed value ...