@gdmilner That's not true. It's pretty well known how to attach a detached suspect database back into SQL Server in all versions, using a dummy database. Plenty of sites document the procedure (with varying degrees of correctness).

For the correct method for doing it in 2005 and 2008, see my blog post that explains a demo I did at TechEd/PASS/etc in 2006-2008: TechEd Demo: Creating, detaching, re-attaching, and fixing a suspect database. There's also a video recording of my Corruption Survival Techniqes session from TechEd Europe in 2008 which shows me doing all of this live on stage: TechEd: 80 minute video of Corruption Survival Techniques presentation.

No need to spend money on potentially dodgy software when SQL Server can do it for you for free if you know how.

Potentially dodgy? Yes. I don't know of any of these 'recovery tool' vendors that work in all cases.

Thanks