Repairing corrupted Lotus Notes files

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Repairing corrupted Lotus Notes files

 

Problem:

NSF files are corrupt and cannot be indexed by Intella.

Solution:

IMPORTANT: Please use this steps while working on a copy of your data as it will make some changes to the data.

The following steps will check and possibly repair corrupted NSF files.

1. Open a command prompt and change the directory to your Lotus Notes program directory.
2. Enter the command: nfixup.exe X:/.nsf (+enter)

   This command initiates a general scan of the NSF file and tries to repair it when corrupted. After competion index the NSF file again with Intella. If you still have an issue indexing, continue with the following step.

3. Enter the command: ncompact.exe X:/.nsf (+enter)

   This command compacts the NSF file. After competion index the NSF file again with Intella. If you still have an issue indexing, continue with the following step.

4. Enter the command: nupdall –r X:/.nsf (+enter)

   This command rebuilds the entire NSF index. After competion index the NSF file again with Intella.

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Please note: If you have more than one NSF file, you can use the commands listed above on a directory of NSF files by entering the directory name and not the NSF file name. For example: nfixup.exe X:/