Steps to Recover from a Failed WSS sharepoint Site.

Steps to build a new SPS front end with new Config_DB attached to your restored or existing content_db

NOTE: Always make sure you frequently backup your sharepoint content database.

1. Build or Power On a new Sharepoint web server.
2. Create a new Farm by creating a new config db (Sharepoint config wizard)
3. Create a new web application with a new content database ( Application management)
4. Remove newly created content database.
5. And then run this command to attach to your existing database.C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN>stsadm -o addcontentdb -url http://sharepoint.domain.com/ -databaseserver sqlservername -databasename wss_content
Your backup up!