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The MyISAM table in the MySQL database is the default type of database engine. This table stores the data in three types of files: .frm file to store the table format, .myd file to store the data, and the .myi file to store the index file. If any of these three files get damaged due to any sundry reason such as many users modifying the table simultaneously, virus infections, abrupt system shutdown, etc. MySQL provides several utilities to recover MySQL tables. However, if these ...more
Author: markwillium
Posted in: Data Recovery
Comments: 0MySQL database is one of most used open-sourced database, which is used by numerous users over the world. Being a free, reliable, secure, and fast-paced database system, it is highly preferred as the backend support for numerous high-traffic and popular web-based applications such as Flickr, Google, You Tube, Yahoo!, etc. For different types of storage needs, it offers different kinds of database engines such as InnoDB, MyISAM, etc. However, at times these tables do get corrupt due to var ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0In an MS SQL table, a text node is used to save the data that is stored in the rows of the records. Every text node contains a parent node and is formulated in either a B-tree or a heap format. At times, when the text node becomes damaged then you are unable to access the data in the tables. Such problems can occur due to various issues such as virus infections, hardware malfunctioning, database header corruption, etc. You should perform appropriate workarounds to repair MDF file ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0In MS SQL Server database, a page is used as the most primitive unit of storage as the space allocated to every database file. And a collection of eight pages is called an extent, which is used to manage the pages. However, sometimes SQL Server is unable to read through the properties of these pages. Such problems can invariably occur due to various issues such as virus infections, power outages, hardware problems, abrupt system shutdown when the database is open, etc. In such cases, you should ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0If you are a regular MS SQL Server 2008 user, then you might have faced several situations wherein you are unable to mount a database. Such cases are sometimes cause very serious problems such as database crashes or complete inaccessibility of the database thereby making your data very insecure. These corruption situations can arise due to various reasons such as abrupt system shutdown when the database is open, virus infections, power outages, hardware issues, etc. In such cases, you should fin ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0Write-caching is the best way to improve data write and read process of your Microsoft SQL Server. It enhances the data reliability and makes the database transactions faster. However, in some situations, it may also lead to database inconsistency and database corruption. The problem generally occurs if Microsoft Exchange Server computer shuts down abnormally before successful completion of particular transaction. In such situations, entire database become inaccessible and you encounter severe d ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0An extent in the SQL Server databases is a collection of eight consecutive pages, whose details are stored in an IAM (Index Allocation Map) page. An IAM page stores the details of an object and index with the information of the previous and next objects as well. However, sometimes the IAM definitions get corrupt due to issues like header corruption, virus infections, damaged hardware parts, etc. For such cases, you can adopt correc ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0Microsoft SQL Server enables you to create tables for short term uses. Such tables are known as Temporary Tables that are usable only for a particular session. MS SQL Server supports two types of temporary tables- Global temporary table and Local temporary table. However, under some situations, you may encounter database corruption errors while running queries on the temporary tables. The corrupt SQL Server database (MDF or Master Database File) can not be accessed by any means and leads to seri ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0Microsoft SQL Server is an enterprise RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) from Microsoft Corporation. It is one among the most popular and widely accepted database server. This database management system offers reliability, security, high-performance, and efficiency of your business-critical data. Under some circumstances, the SQL Server database may corrupt and your precious data may become inaccessible. It leads to severe data loss and require ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0In SQL Server databases, the data is stored in heaps when the data is not logically sorted in the tables. This heap can sometimes display abnormal behavior while working on the SQL database. Such cases can occur because of various reasons such as virus infections, power outages, abrupt system shutdown, hardware malfunctions, etc. In such cases, you should try to resolve the problem using in-house recovery methods. If you are not able to recover SQL database, then you should use a third-party ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0All the data in the SQL Server databases is stored in either clustered or non-clustered heaps. In a non-clustered heap, a row always points to another forwarding row to reference data. However, sometimes this behavior is not followed, which is often due to corruption in the MDF (Master Database File) files. Corruption in the MDF files can be due to virus infections, power outages, hardware problems, etc. In such cases, you need to perform MDF recovery using appropriate methods. However, if you a ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0Are you getting system-level errors while accessing your Microsoft SQL Server database? Are you unable to perform any I/O (Input/Output) operation on your database? Well, the problem generally occurs due to either conflicts of Windows API used by SQL Server or SQL Server database corruption. It leaves your database in an unusable state and leads to severe data loss situations. In order to get your mission critical data back in such cases, you must go for ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0Are you using SQL Server 2008 in your organization to carry out enterprise solutions? If yes, then are you experiencing problems in using the database on a regular basis? If this is so, then there are chances that the database may have corrupted because of various reasons. Such reasons could be virus infections, power outages, abrupt system shutdown when the database is open, hardware malfunctioning, etc. In such cases, you should use appropriate corrective measures to repair SQL database. If yo ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0Microsoft SQL Server uses indexes to effectively manage the database and improve its performance. It helps database manager to easily locate the specified table and extract it. However, in some situations the indexes may get damaged due to high fragmentation and database may become inaccessible. To overcome such issues, SQL Server provides you a tool, called DBCC DBREINDEX, to rebuild the database inde ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0Are you getting out-of-range or invalid data errors while accessing Microsoft SQL Server database? When you create a table in MS SQL Server, you need to specify the data types, size, and type of values that you can store in particular table. In case you store invalid data in any table, you may face this problem. The problem can also occur if database table is damaged and SQL Server application is unable to read it. This behavior causes data inaccessibility and data loss. At this stage, you are r ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0The system catalogs in SQL Server databases are used to store various types of information such as number and names of tables and views in the database among many others. This information is collectively referred as metadata. However, sometimes this metadata may get corrupt due to various reasons such as virus infections, hardware issues, power outages, etc. In such cases, you should use the in-place methods to rectify the problem. However, if you are not able to recover SQL database, then you s ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0As you store more and more data to your Microsoft SQL Server database, the size of database increases and the performance of Microsoft SQL Server decreases day by day. Large size of database may also cause system crash and sometimes database corruption. To prevent such situations, MS SQL Server provides SHRINKFILE and SHRINDB tools for reducing size of the database. However, in som ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0MS SQL Server 2000 is used to provide enterprise solution in many reputed organizations. The primary reasons behind this are that it is simple to use, scalable for huge databases, provides strong support for demanding situations, etc. However, having said that, the database tables may sometimes become corrupt thereby disabling you to use it properly. Such issues can occur due to virus infections, power outages, damaged hardware components, etc. You should inquire for the cause of the corruption ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0Are you facing problems while working on your SQL Server 2000 database? Are you getting lot of error messages for some tasks that worked fine previously? Or the database is responding too slowly? If all your answers are in YES, then chances are that the database has corrupted. It may have corrupted due to various reasons such as virus infections, power outages, hardware malfunctioning, etc. To resolve such issues, you can perform in-place resolving techniques. If you are not able to address the ...more
Author: markwilliumPosted in: Data RecoveryComments: 0In SQL Server databases, an Index Allocation Map (IAM) page is a page type that stores the details about the extents, which is a collection of eight pages. These IAM pages are used to navigate through the heap, thereby making the searching process much faster. Well, at times these IAM pages do not exhibit the desired working due to database corruption. Database corruption can occur due to various reasons such as power outages, human errors, damaged hardware components, virus infections, etc. You ...more
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