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Great post, Jimmy. Many thanks. I'm going to bookmark this to remind me
what to do in case - no, when!! - it happens again.
Very helpful. Thanks again.
Ian
> Ian,
>
> Most likely your data is corrupt and it is reindexing when you open it
> again. If you are running Windows 2000 or XP you can open the task
> manager and go to the processes tab then look down the list for
> Server.exe. That's it the GS. You may have to format the columns to
> add the ones that show disk writes. I just add all the columns. The
> time it takes to reindex depends on the size of your data and the
> speed of your machine. Example is my machine is dual 850 processors
> with a brand new serial ATA drive and I have 14 gig of data in the PDS
> folder. It takes about 4 to 5 hours to reindex my data.
>
> One thing I do is just rename the PDS folder PDS corrupt 073103 then
> restart the GS. It will collect data for the rest of the day then
> MAYBE it will let you export it. Then you cut and paste the old data
> from the corrupt file and open the GS and let it reindex the old data.
> When it finished I usually run nightly maint. but you may not need to
> then close the GS and reboot. Then import the data you exported.
> Most of the time it works.
>
> If the GS throws an error on me I always open the task manager in XP
> Pro then use it to tell the computer to shut down. The GS puts up
> that box about "Are you sure" and I quickly click yes. If a Windows
> window pops up "program not responding" I X it off or use Cancel fast
> before it tries to close the GS forcefully. This works nearly all the
> time. Saves the forced shutdown and then reindexing.
>
> Guess that made your day.
>
> Jimmy
>
> Thursday, July 31, 2003, 2:02:00 PM, you wrote:
>
> IW> 2000i. Sometimes after a crash or lock-up, Global Server won't
> > restart. IWIt shows the "Initializing GlobalServer" window and
> > about five bars IWappear showing its progress and then it hangs.
>
> IW> I can usually fix it by restarting the computer and trying again.
> IW> Sometimes it takes 2-3 restarts but this time it's not playing at
> > all.
>
> IW> Anyone any ideas?
>
> IW> Ian
>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Jimmy Snowden
> mailto:jhsnowden@xxxxxxx
>
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