Help Restoring SQL 7

I have a SQL 7 Server that crashed and I don't have a backup of the data. I
do have the data directory that held the database. How can I get my databas
e
running again? I have reinstalled SQL and tried to overwrite the existing
data directory but that didn't work. Can anyone help me?If you have all of the database files, primary (.mdf), secondary (.ndf), but
especially the log file(s) (.ldf), then after you've reinstalled, you can us
e
the primary file (.mdf) to sp_attach_db.
This will do recovery on the database; so, you might want to use copies of
the files at first. If there is corruption, you will need to get with MS PS
S
to see if there is a way for them to recover it.
Sincerely,
Anthony Thomas
"New2SQL" wrote:

> I have a SQL 7 Server that crashed and I don't have a backup of the data.
I
> do have the data directory that held the database. How can I get my datab
ase
> running again? I have reinstalled SQL and tried to overwrite the existing
> data directory but that didn't work. Can anyone help me?