First: do a backup of everything sqlplus "/ as sysdba" SQL> STARTUP NOMOUNT SQL> CREATE CONTROLFILE REUSE DATABASE "DB1" RESETLOGS ARCHIVELOG MAXLOGFILES 5 MAXLOGMEMBERS 3 MAXDATAFILES 100 MAXINSTANCES 1 MAXLOGHISTORY 453 LOGFILE GROUP 1 '/oltp01/maximo/redo/logMAX1.rlog' SIZE 10M, GROUP 2 '/oltp01/maximo/redo/logMAX2.rlog' SIZE 10M, DATAFILE '/oltp01/maximo/sys/system01.dbf', '/oltp01/maximo/sys/undotbs01.dbf', '/oltp01/maximo/data/MAX_DAT_01.dbf', '/oltp01/maximo/indx/MAX_IDX_01.dbf', CHARACTER SET WE8ISO8859P1; SQL> RECOVER DATABASE USING BACKUP CONTROLFILE UNTIL CANCEL; CANCEL SQL> ALTER DATABASE OPEN RESETLOGS; SQL>ALTER TABLESPACE TEMPORARY ADD TEMPFILE '/oltp01/maximo/sys/TEMPORARY3.dbf' SIZE 1900M REUSE AUTOEXTEND OFF; if you have problems you can put this into init.ora: _allow_resetlogs_corruption=true This would induce logical inconsistencies in the database and a rebuild of database is a must greetings. _____ De: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Manjula Krishnan Enviado el: jueves, 30 de noviembre de 2006 19:05 Para: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: Recovery from loss of both control files & redo log files We had a disk crash. All data files are intact (database was closed at the time). But, all redo log files and controlfiles are lost. Can this database be recovered? This is a development database so I am not too worried, but would like to know if this is possible. Thanks, Manjula