Sunday, December 16, 2012

How NSF File Can be Recovered?


As we all know that Lotus Notes is a groupware program that is developed by IBM. When Lotus Notes was developed, it was one of the first appliance that was compatible with distributed database of documents that could be accessed by users across a LAN or WAN very easily. It helps users to locate, transform, and share content across geographically disbursed teams in real-time.


IBM Lotus Notes is the client of a collaborative client server application that provides a rich desktop experience. Notes transport business data, the Internet, and people directly to the user, all integrated together through an intelligent email environment.

NSF File (Notes Storage Facility) is used to store all database such as emails, address book, calendar entries, notes data, tasks and to-do-lists etc, supported by several Lotus Notes operation.

Main cause in corruption of NSF file:

  • Virus/malware attacks
  • Checksum mismatch/Header Part corruption
  • NSF file header corruption
  • Operating system abortion
  • Fatal Virus Infections
  • By mistake mailboxes deletion
  • Abrupt system shutdown
  • Dirty shutdown of system
  • Failure of hardware components
  • Log files damage or deletion
  • Hardware /Software failure

Although there are many flawless Lotus Notes recovery software available but first how default NSF File recovery is possible:-

  • Make a backup of database.
  • Disable replication of database
  • Load Fixup-f
  • Load compact-c
  • Load updall-r

If it is not enough to recover Lotus Notes then without any delay switch to skilled commercial application like Stellar Phoenix Lotus Notes Recovery.

This expert NSF file recovery software is competent to recover all damaged data such as emails, appointments, scheduled meeting dates, attachments, contact dairy etc within no time and facilitates its support for Lotus Notes 6.x and 7.x versions. The company is known for industry’s finest data recovery, e-mail recovery, database recovery, file recovery, data safety, and data erasure solutions across more than 137 countries with more than 2 million satisfied customers. Stellar is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company with direct presence in USA, Europe, and Asia.