Call PSS is definitely step 1, but let me also ask -- any chance your users are using Offline Folders?
If so, you should have them log into Outlook in Work Offline mode and immediately export their Offline Folders to .PST files. At the very least you'll have saved that information. And call PSS. :) -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP-Outlook, CNA, MCPx3 Director of Information Services Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert http://www.hawaiilawyer.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Lewis Kapell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:16 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: getting data from priv.edb > > > Sorry if this message is a duplicate; I tried sending it > before but I'm not sure if it went through. > > My company uses Exchange 5.5 with less than 100 users. One > of the drives on the server went down and the directory > (dir.edb) was lost. We have no backups (yes, I know, shame > on us). My question is, can the data (the users' saved > messages) be extracted from priv.edb? > > I ran isinteg -pri -dump, and the result contained a section > titled "Dump of the mailbox table", with entries for each > mailbox in our site. For each mailbox there are about 14 > lines of information, followed by a line saying: > Error: 1 database retrieve error on current record. > Can anyone tell me what this error means? Should I be seeing > individual mail messages in this dump file? > > Is there any other way I can extract my user's messages from > this file? Thanks for any help. > > Lewis Kapell > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
