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by greg reed

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Please help. Yesterday our exchange server 5.5 stopped working due to us reaching the 16gb information file size. I tried to run the eseutil /d /ispriv on it to defrag the database and clear up some space but the program hung around 90%. Now wheni try to run eseutil /p /ispriv it stops repairing damaged tables around the 30% mark. Can anyone point in the right direction to try and sort this out. The only good backup i have is from the 8th.

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by [_rick_>

Whoops. Only use the eseutil /p as a very last resort, it will delete data and may make a database unrecoverable.

When you ran the eseutil /d for defrag did you ensur ethat you had at least 17gb of free space available on the same drive. Microsoft recommends to be safe there should be 125% of free space, which would mean for you to safely run the defrag you would need 20gb of free space.

Hopefully your priv.edb is still in good shape...Try moving it to a system that has 36gb of free spaceand then run eseutil. See technet article Q255035 for steps on how to do this.

Also for reference see Q259851 on the effects of using eseutil /p or edbutil /d /r

If you are still unable to 'recover' the databsase its time to bite the bullet and restore from the 8th.

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