hi all,

Had an exchange server go down, got the exchange .edb files only to find its corrupt, tried to use eseutil.exe to repair the file but when I try and open it with ontrack powercontrols saying its corrupt still.

Regards



How do I export database from corrupt exchange EDB files?
I wonder, how can I fix corrupt EDB files issue? I was trying to migrate & convert my EDB file to PST. I had my EDB files back-up but, it seems corrupt now. I need recovery of all Calendars, Contacts, Journals, Distribution List and Tasks from corrupt backup EDB file anyhow. Please suggest some valuable steps for quick procedure.

• Moved by Jason Johnston [MSFT]Microsoft employee Tuesday, February 17, 2015 2:06 PM Not a development question.

There also third party tools to repair EDB files. My favorite is Kernel for Exchange Server Recovery: http://www.nucleustechnologies.com/Exchange-Server-Data-Recovery.html

Instead of repairing the DB I would suggest to restore it first if you can. This depend on when is the last successful backup. When you run a /p you will definitely get corrupted contents so that's the last thing you want to run unless your backup is old or has an issue.

It seems like, you have received some excellent responses to resolve this weird issue promptly.

However, I would like to share one another comprehensive application (http://www.restoreexchange.net/) that could also be a good approach while need to repair corrupt edb files and restore them into live server.