Certificate Authority service fails to start due to corrupt log fi

We have a two layer CA system, a root CA and a group of subordinate CAs the
answer for various types of certificates.

The root CA service currently fails to start saying there is a corrupt log
file. I have run esentutl on the database (minor inconsistencies fixed) and
the log file (doesn't recover the log file, saying that it's corrupt:

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\CertLog>esentutl /r edb

Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Database Utilities
Version 5.2
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Initiating RECOVERY mode...
Logfile base name: edb
Log files: <current directory>
System files: <current directory>

Performing soft recovery...

Operation terminated with error -501 (JET_errLogFileCorrupt, Log file is
corrupt
) after 0.219 seconds."

This server hasn't issued a new cert in months, is there a way to delete or
clean the log file? If I just move or rename the log file the CA service
can't start because it's missing. Is there a way to get around this?

Regards,

Chris Martin
SysAdmin
Medfin
.

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