corrupted stm files

[Guest]

Hey all. I know there are many ways to repair stm files, but nothing has
worked for me. I am using exchange 2000 enterprise, and we had a severe
server problem that caused me to do a dirty reboot. Now our exchange server
will not mount the message store or the public folder store. To top it off,
our backup tape drive seems to have been affected by the reboot as well (or
it's something unrelated, either way it's dead at the moment).

Most of the employees at my company use outlook express, so no messages are
really stored on the server itself unless they haven't been picked up yet.
Since the databases aren't containing anything important, how would I go
about removing the corrupted stm files and recreating them from scratch?
Anytime I try removing the message store it tells me that a connector of some
sort is using it, even though I can't find any connectors that are connected
to it. I have already deleted the mail accounts for all users so I can start
fresh. Any ideas?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi - you really ought to post this in an Exchange group, like
m.p.exchange.admin. You need to fix your databases, regardless of the client
you're using. Even if you delete them & start over from scratch.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Tried the ISINTEG utility already?
What error message do you get when you try to mount the store?

Also note that this is an Outlook newsgroup and it doesn't cover Outlook
Express or Exchange. You're better of in the Exchange newsgroup.

Good luck!

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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
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