title: Repair/Rebuild master.mdf in SQL Server 2000
body: <p>Does anyone have or know where I can find the tools or information to repair/rebuild the master database for Microsoft SQL Server 2000? I'm assuming is that is what I need to do based on the following error and that the service will not start.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you</p>
  
  <pre><code>2012-08-08 13:59:55.10 server    Microsoft SQL Server  2000 - 8.00.760 (Intel X86) 
      Dec 17 2002 14:22:05 
      Copyright (c) 1988-2003 Microsoft Corporation
      Desktop Engine on Windows NT 5.1 (Build 2600: Service Pack 3)
  
  2012-08-08 13:59:55.10 server    Copyright (C) 1988-2002 Microsoft Corporation.
  2012-08-08 13:59:55.12 server    All rights reserved.
  2012-08-08 13:59:55.12 server    Server Process ID is 640.
  2012-08-08 13:59:55.12 server    Logging SQL Server messages in file 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\LOG\ERRORLOG'.
  2012-08-08 13:59:55.12 server    SQL Server is starting at priority class 'normal'(2 CPUs detected).
  2012-08-08 13:59:55.59 server    SQL Server configured for thread mode processing.
  2012-08-08 13:59:55.59 server    Using dynamic lock allocation. [500] Lock Blocks, [1000] Lock Owner Blocks.
  2012-08-08 13:59:55.64 spid4     Starting up database 'master'.
  2012-08-08 13:59:55.64 spid4     Error: 9003, Severity: 20, State: 1.
  2012-08-08 13:59:55.64 spid4     Cannot recover the master database. Exiting.
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