[letstryagain]

A) Indexes do not just disappear. Someone dropped them or restored an older version of the DB.

B) What? That's not SQL Server's fault, it's either a broken third party package or the display settings on your UI chopped the data to fit on a screen or something.

C) Never heard about this. I even tried to google it but I can't find any information about this. Do you have a source?

D) Third party tool problem probably. Not SQL Server's fault. Did the BAK file restore normally using SQL Server?

[sarciszewski]

I wrote the "third party tool" actually. It was tested thoroughly but on the few records with non-ASCII characters, the data came out weird. It was only about 10 or so records so I just manually corrected it. (I don't recommend this approach, it was a "we're under the gun, just change history and don't fret" decision)