>:) yeah just missed by a fraction to detach the DB.
>anyways I've tried the thing you said before.
>It marks the database as Suspect. after that i'm clueless..
>
>mike there must be some way to recover from mdf & ldf

nothing that I know of. You'll have to check some of the other sites:

http://www.windows2000faq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?DepartmentID=800
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/

Also, try doing a Goggle group search.

If you do get an answer, please post it for everyone.

-Mike