MS Exchange Mail box

[Macahma]

Hi,
By mistake i have run clean mail box in exchange Server 5.5, it has remove all my emails, how can i recover the old version of my emails
thanks

[patweb]

If you don't have a backup of your PRIV.EDB file, you are hosed.

Always make a good backup prior to making major changes like that.

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[Macahma]

hi,
where is this priv.edb exisit.
thanks

[patweb]

It is generally in \exchsrvr\mdbdata (on the drive that you install Exchange Server).

The one that is there is the one that has all of the data purged. You would have to have made a backup using an open file agent or database agent (or using NTBACKUP, or doing it with the information store offline) in order to be able to fix the problem.

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P933, 133MHZ FSB, 256M RDRAM
Ultra 160, 18.2GB Cheetah
Annihilator Pro, SBLIVE, DVD, FPS SOUND
MS Force Feedback, Cable Modem.
AKA- The ultimate gaming machine.