I really appreciate this honest write-up and would have written this myself had I not found someone who did it (long before I would have ;).
Kudos to them but a good reference, particularly in regards to time needed, etc. https://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2004/06/18/159413.aspx
Plus some notes for myself:
Soft Recovery Details – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa997761.aspx
ESEUTIL /r enn /L[path to log files] /s[path to checkpoint file] /d[path to database file] /i
Finally, this article is very important.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296788
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