• No, you will not be able to use single user mode. You cannot access a database in any way via any means until recovery is complete (or fails).

    Once more with feeling... check the SQL error log, see how far the recovery is. If it hit the corruption the DB would not be 'in recovery', it would be 'suspect'.

    You can wait, or you can restore backups. That's pretty much that.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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