DB restore fails saying it needs more free space

Hi,
I have run into this peculiar issue
* DB was set to 'suspect' status..
* checked for physical disk size constraints
- log file is 50 gigs
* so tried to reset status...failed...by this time...DB
was missing from list in SQL EM
* so tried to restore from backup
* restore says it needs 50 gigs of space
* actual capacity of disk is 32 gigs
* how to restore the db'
appreciate all the help
thanks
vishwasSQL Server need the same amount of space for the db as it took when you did the backup. I am a
bit confused: You say the log was 50 gig, and you say that you now have only 32 gig?
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"vishwas" <vanbunty@.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:124201c3460e$856a2b80$a101280a@.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> I have run into this peculiar issue
> * DB was set to 'suspect' status..
> * checked for physical disk size constraints
> - log file is 50 gigs
> * so tried to reset status...failed...by this time...DB
> was missing from list in SQL EM
> * so tried to restore from backup
> * restore says it needs 50 gigs of space
> * actual capacity of disk is 32 gigs
> * how to restore the db'
> appreciate all the help
> thanks
> vishwas
>