Check the Registry to see where the server thinks the dir.edb should be located. Then go there and make sur eit is there. It may very well be on C:.
If the Dir.edb won't recover using eseutil then the only option I know of is that you restore from backup. Nate Couch EDS Messaging > ---------- > From: Tom > Reply To: Exchange Discussions > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 03:39 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Fwd: dir.edb troubles > > Sorry if this posted the first time, but I never saw it come across the > wire here. > > Got a problem with dir.edb here, need to see if anyone has a solution. > > Mail server (5.5 on NT sp 6) went down hard. Brought it back up and now > the > directory service won't start. > > I ran the eseutil program against dir, pub, and priv and only dir cam back > as > inconsistent. > > So I went to run eseutil /r /ds on the file, but it keeps looking at > c:\exch... > when the files are in d:\exch... I enherited this mail server when I > started here so it makes me fearful when I see in the MS tech notes that > the logs are hardcoded to look at c:, so my question is, is there a work > around. All of the .edb files are stored in d, not in c:. > I tried backing up a copy of the dsadata file, then moving that to c:. > The recovery util did run, but when I moved it back to d:, it still errors > out. with a 550 error > > I've looked on the list and several other sources and have found at least > 4 different ways to possibly fix this, but I don't want to make matters > worse. > > Tom > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
