Re: Duplicate Hard Disk

Thanks Mark but I should have mentioned that I have already tried both
isinteg and eseutil.
That is why I was trying to restore from tape and that fails too.

"Mark Hudy" <MarkHudy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:FD97F78C-517B-4269-9614-0AC1DBC4A700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Arthur,
>
> You may want to try repairing the Exchange database with a few simple
> tools
> (isinteg.exe and eseutil.exe). This might be faster than trying to redo
> the
> server or drive. Cruise on over the MS knowledgebase for details on
> repairing the corruption. Hope this helps.
>
> "Arthur" wrote:
>
>> Through a bizarre set of drive and tape failures I find myself left with
>> a
>> Small Business Server 2003 running on a crippled hard disk.
>> For the most part this disk is working except that the Exchange database
>> is
>> corrupt and I cannot restore the backup of the store but more importantly
>> I
>> cannot use the mirror facility in disk management to create a new disk
>> which
>> I had hoped would create a duplicate for me on a new disk and be the
>> starting point for the rebuild.
>> (I have copies of most of the mailboxes as PST files that I have created
>> from the cached mode of Outlook) I also have copies of the main data so
>> it
>> is just a recovery of the system with minimum fuss that I am looking for.
>> So I see my options as this.
>> 1. Duplicate this disk.(How? - preferrably without third party tools)
>> Mirroring fails.
>> 2. Backup the disk using NT backup, restore it to a new drive using
>> disaster
>> recover restore and then reinstall exchange.
>> 3. Do a fresh install and re-attach the machines to what will be a new
>> domain and then import the data.
>> Is there an easier way ?
>> Any ideas would sure be appreciated. The heat is on here.
>>
>>
>>


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