from where did you get this...is instance and database runnign at this moment..on the said host.. was it default installation, with flashbak enabled and configuration/connectto metalink... I prefer to remove the installation using delete database using dbca thanks..subodh On 11 February 2011 20:17, Thomas Day <tomdaytwo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I don't have much experience using directories in Oracle (Oracle 10 on > Windows Server 2003). I've taken over an instance with very little > documentation. I don't believe any of these directories below are usable. > > OWNER DIRECTORY_NAME > ------------------------------ ------------------------------ > DIRECTORY_PATH > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > SYS DATA_PUMP_DIR > F:\oracle\product\10.2.0/admin/starsdev/dpdump/ > > SYS WORK_DIR > F:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db/work > > SYS ORACLE_OCM_CONFIG_DIR > F:\oracle\product\10.2.0\db/ccr/state > > > NOTE the combination of left \ and right / slashes. Maybe my predecessor > was trying to combine the best of Windows and Unix. > > I'm not sure what they'd be used for and I obviously can't find them under > Windows. I'd like some confirmation that this is just plain bad data before > I blow it away. > -- ============================== DO NOT FORGET TO SMILE TODAY ==============================