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Find what data is placed in a datafile

I have a database with 5 .ndf (secondary) datafiles on SQL Server 2008 R2. (Each of these datafiles is assigned to a separate filegroup.) I want to know what data is there in those files. Is it ...
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SQL Server split mdf into multiple files

I have a database called example.mdf with a total size of 1GB which suffers from performance issues. I checked the allocated hardware and it is higher than required, I double checked the design and ...
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Difference in space used

When reviewing the space used by datafiles in SQL Server, there is a large difference betweens what SQL reports and Windows. How can this be explained?
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