If the new installation of exchange has EXACTLY THE SAME path to the mail stores (i.e. same exchange organisation, server name, storage group, mail store name) then you should be able to simply copy the old mail store files into the original location and mount them. I don't know of any way to do this to another location as the stores 'know' where they should be. -----Original Message----- From: Ulises Sasovsky [mailto:ulisessa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 03 January 2003 14:22 To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] Recovery http://www.MSExchange.org/ Is there some way to recover the priv1.edb and pub1.edb files to a completely new installation of Win2K and E2K? There is NO backup available, neither for the server nor exchange. ------------------------------------------------------ List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ ------------------------------------------------------ ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: m.dewell@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')