Microsoft SQL server is the popular application used to create web-based and enterprise database systems. The primary languages it uses are ANSI-SQL and T-SQL. The main unit of storage in SQL Server is database, which is basically a collection of tables. These databases might get corrupt due to several reasons, varying from unexpected shutdown to application faults and virus infection. Thus, it is always recommended to ensure that you have a valid and updated backup of your SQL Server database. In other cases when you don’t find backup as valid or existent while database corruption, master database file recovery applications can restore the original database.

You might receive an error message with your SQL Server database that is similar to the following:

Error 3414, Severity Level 10
Database ‘%.*s’ (dbid %d): Recovery failed. Check the SQL Server errorlog for further information as to the cause.

This is the SQL Server startup error.

Cause

As specified in the error message, it occurs when SQL Server fails to recover listed database from suspect state. You cannot continue working with the database until the cause of error message is fixed. The database remains in suspect state.

Solution

You should consider following these steps to recover from such situations:

•    You need to first examine SQL Server log for error that might have occurred before error 3414 could occur. This should be performed at first occurrence of error 3414. It could occur due to faulty controller, misbehaving antivirus application, disk problems and other such issues.
•    If you don’t find any information regarding the responsible issues, restore from the last clean backup you have.
•    In case, you don’t have any backup or no clean backup is available, scan the damaged SQL Server database using commercial MDF Repair products.

MDF Recovery software are the tools that could diagnose a damaged SQL Server database and perform safe and effective repair. Besides standard file repair applications, these software give you automated recovery features, file repair power in all cases of database corruption, read-only design, to-the-point documentation, graphically rich user interface and other advanced features.

Stellar Phoenix SQL Recovery is a comprehensive application designed to perform safe and instant repair of damaged SQL Server databases. It supports completes recover mdf for SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008. The software empowers to achieve table recovery for only desired tables. It is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, 2000 and NT.