We are experiencing this problem and it seems to be a bug that is addressed in 2005-SP3-CU6. Here's a couple of links that I found. Working through them now.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974985

http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/PAUL/category/LOB-data.aspx

I'm not sure if I am familiar with the migration wizard. Can you elaborate? Currently, I am scripting out the database and creating a new db with the script....

I do not question Mr. Randall's credentials but our problem is real and confirmed by Microsoft engineers. Here's a MS blog discussing the problem:

http://blogs.msdn.com/psssql/archive/2009/09/23/did-your-backup-program-utility-leave-your-sql-server-running-in-an-squirrely-scenario.aspx

This post does need updating because our...

I know this post is a bit old but we are experiencing a problem with our main database files being marked as "sparse". We have been working with Microsoft and...