Exchange Recovery Is a Solution for Corrupt Microsoft Exchange Server

Microsoft Exchange saves a whole lot of data in it. But at times, Exchange Server refuses to write more data. This happens because the disk space on the drive is low. Such an instance also results in inaccessibility of the data. Even, you become unable to read data. Corrupt Exchange Server database also creates a situation of data loss and demands Exchange recovery. In order to overcome such situations, you should use preventive measures. Backup can also be used to get data back. However, if backup is not available, then it is advised to make use of a third party Exchange Recovery software.

Let's consider a scenario. Suppose, you fail to start Exchange Information Store and you receive the following application event log on Exchange 2003 server that goes like this:

"Event Type: Error
Event Source: ESE
Event Category: General
Event ID: 482
User: N/A

Description:

Information Store (4360) First Storage Group: An attempt to write to the file "D:\Program Files\Exchsrvr\mdbdata\res2.log" at offset 4194304 (0x0000000000400000) for 1048576 (0x00100000) bytes failed after 0 seconds with system error 112 (0x00000070): "There is not enough space on the disk.". The write operation will fail with error -1808 (0xfffff8f0). If this error persists then the file may be damaged and may need to be restored from a previous backup"

If starting Exchange Information Store is important for you, then you should find out the cause for above mentioned behavior and solution for it.

Cause:

Such behavior is seen because of low drive space on the Exchange Information Store Drive.

Solution:

For resolving above behavior, and to recover exchange server, You have to follow the below steps:

1. Try to free up the space of the disk on the Exchange Information Store Drive and after making a space. Restart Exchange System.

2. If the reason behind the problem is the corruption of database, then it is better to go for a third party MS Exchange Recovery software.

Many Exchange recovery software are available in the market. You might also make a search on Internet. Google will display a number of tools for you. Select a software by knowing all the features that the tool is providing. Take your time while selecting a software. A help file comes along with the software that contains all the information and specification about the software. The results produced by such Microsoft exchange recovery tools are satisfactory. Follow exactly the same steps that is guided in manual file.

Stellar Exchange Recovery is a reliable software that is developed only to perform Exchange server recovery task. With the help of this edb to pst tool, mailboxes are restored in individual PST files, that can be directly used in MS-Outlook. It supports MS-Exchange Server 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, and 5.5. You can download a demo version of the software to evaluate the features.

The author of this article has a strong background in computer technology; She has been a technical writer and blogger for over 5 years. Currently she has been writing articles related to topics like Exchange Server Recovery and EDB to PST Converter to recover and convert .edb to .pst file.

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