DOCUMENT:Q185008  11-MAY-2000  [exchange]
TITLE   :XADM: Err. Msg.: Information Store Fails to Start with Error 429
PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange
PROD/VER:winnt:5.5
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5 
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SYMPTOMS
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The information store fails to start with Server-specific error 4294966090 after
an offline restore of a private information store or public information store.

The application event viewer log displays the following events:

   Event ID:  5000
   Source: MSExchange IS
   Type:  Error
   Description: Unable to initialize the Microsoft Exchange Information
   Store service. Error non-database file or corrupted database.

   Event ID: 1120
   Source: MSExchange IS
   Type:  Error
   Description: Error non-database file or corrupted database initializing
   the Microsoft Exchange Server information store database.

CAUSE
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The information store being restored is not an Exchange Server 5.5 information
store.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, do one of the following:

 - Restore the information store from an online backup or an offline copy of an
   Exchange Server 5.5 information store.

-OR-

 - Restore the incorrect version information store to its proper environment by
   installing the version of Exchange Server that corresponds with the version
   of the offline copies of the Priv.edb and/or Pub.edb files.

MORE INFORMATION
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Server-specific error 4294966090 refers to Jet Error -1206 0xFFFFFB4A
JET_errDatabaseCorrupted non-db file or corrupted db.

For additional information about other causes for server-specific error
4294966090 or error -1206, click the article numbers below to view the articles
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Q181824 XADM: Exchange Database Engine Doesn't Detect Removed Page in B-tree
   Split Operation

   Q195856 XADM: How to Detect and Remove Long Values in Exchange Databases

   Q233295 Error -1206 Starting Database

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange550 kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : winnt:5.5
Issue type        : kbprb

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