I agree. The server is likely trying to recover a database. Depending on what it is trying to recover from, uncommitted transactions or from corruption, and the size of the DB, there's no sure way to tell how long it will take to complete. If you can access the errorlogs, either through management tools or the file system, you might be able to tell what's going on.
Chris
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