Hi

Yes FB was stopped :) This is a Windows system. It is a user site so
we cant control antivirus settings etc but we do advise our clients to
exclude the DB from scans. I have found a tool that purports to allow
copying of CRC damaged files and will attempt using this when we get
access. Note that some access to the DB is currently possible. Certain
operations are failing with a CRC error.

Cheers
Rob

On 12/03/2010 10:11 a.m., Steffen Heil wrote:
> Hi
>
> If you cannot copy the database (surely you stopped the server, didn't you?)
> then there is something very wrong with either the hard drive or the
> installation.
> To be very sure I would boot the system with some "live" linux cd and try to
> copy the file off that drive then. (Note: Not on the drive!)
> If this fails, then the file cannot be physically read, which means that
> there is no way to rescue anything.
>
> As long as you cannot access the file itself, I highly recommend not to
> consider repairing it with any kind of tool. They will surely all destroy
> data.
>
> However, if you succeed to copy the file (with the real system being
> offline), then have a closer look at things changed in last days, including
> os updates and antivirus software. Note that some virus scanners lock files
> completely if they found a signature... But hey, you did except your
> database files from virus scan, didn't you?
>
> Regards,
> Steffen
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
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> [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] Im Auftrag von Robert martin
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. März 2010 20:53
> An:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: [firebird-support] Damaged databasae CRC
>
> Hi
>
> We have just been alerted by one of our clients that there FB 2.0.x
> database is reporting CRC errors. We have accessed the machine and run
> chkdsk, no errors reported (we expected bad sectors) but FB backups fail
> and the file cannot be copied. Usually if a DB has an issue we take a
> copy of the file and use gFix to attempt recovery, however in this case
> we cant even copy the file.
>
> The database is in a different time zone and we are waiting to get
> access to attempt a gfix on the main db file. I don't expect this will
> work. Does anybody have any suggestions? The client informs us that
> there last backup is from December !!!
>
> Our software offers automatic backups up to 4 times a day and / or
> automated offsite backups to a remote web server. The client had chosen
> not to do any of this !!!!!!!!!
>
> Thanks
> Rob
>
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