I found a tool

http://recovery-for-sql-server.recoveronix-ltd.qarchive.org/

but have no way of knowing if they will work, US$500 is a lot to pay for a chance and I have seen...

Thanks Ian

I had a look at the link http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174385.aspx

I could not really get any clues from there.

With regard to your questions:

1. Is the DB read only?

The database has...