IMPORTANT: Before you repair or restore a database, always ALWAYS make a backup copy of the current database files that you are going to work with. (There must be 110% of the size of the edb in free space to work with the db as well. Don’t forget to specify the temp location with /t in most cases)
More important stuff: After you repair a database, you must check the repair count in the database header. If the count is greater than zero, you must perform an off-line defragmentation by using Eseutil, and then you must repair the database at the information store level with the Isinteg utility. If you do not do so, users may encounter issues, such as an inability to open messages or attachments, or references in their mailboxes to items that no longer exist.
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