Repair Corrupt Exchange BKF in effective manner

Before going on how effective exchange BKF Recovery is possible, let me first clarify a few things about Exchange Server.

Exchange Server:- Exchange Server is one of the best server side application of Microsoft. This application is used by many big industries and organizations because of its eloquent features that provide support to data storage, mobile and web based access of information.

Components:- Main components of Exchange Server are Information Storage Group and Active Directory.

Exchange BKF Files:- Basically three files comes under this section.

1. EDB(Exchange Database Files)
2. STM(Streaming Media Files)
3. LOG(Transaction Logs)

How Important Exchange BKF Files are:

To keep Backup data of daily task on server is just like having fundamental recovery option, because in critical situations, you have a copy of your original data, which is necessary part to meet RPO (Recovery Point Objective).

Reasons for Exchange Backup Files corruptions:- Following are the causes for the corruption of Exchange BKF files:

• Hard drive failure
• Backup interruptions
• Missing catalog files
• Suddenly damage of system software and hardware
• Virus Attack
• CRC or (Cyclic Redundancy Check) errors
• Backup software malfunctioning

All these are the general reason for failure of Exchange BKF files. Main reasons are as follows:-

• Inaccessibility of STM, LOG, and EDB files
• Loss of MS Exchange database
• Corruption in user mailbox after which data like emails, contacts and attachments becomes unreachable
• Corruption in Exchange BKF files

UTILITY to Take Backup of Data:- Don't panic if you are suffering from these above errors. There are some free utilities available in market.

NTBackup Utility to Take Backup:- NTBackup utility is developed by Microsoft. This utility is integrated with Microsoft NT Windows editions. In the latest version of Windows, this utility is not bundled with the edition but user can freely download it. Backup drive by NTBackup utility of Exchange server is somewhat different from the normal Windows backup. Although Exchange server has the different extension but these files are also saved in .BKF extension. Thus user can restore server when all data is lost due to corruption.

But there may be possibility of occurring corruption when you are taking backup from NTBackup utility. Then you will have to switch to a third party tool.

StellarPhoenix Exchange BKF Recovery software is an affordable tool that will perfectly fit for this kind of problematic situation. This software effectively repairs damagedBKF files of Exchange 2003 and 2007 server and retrieve .edb, .stm and .log files in three easy steps. This tool facilitates user to find BKF files from any specific drive and volume.