Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Recovering corrupt NSF was not easy, until been through this

A Notes storage facility of Lotus Notes is commonly known as NSF files. The NSF files are used for storing emails and other vital data of Lotus Notes and Domino Server application. Lotus Notes is well known email client application which is used in collaboration with Domini Server. The application helps user to create address book, calendars, instant messaging, discussion groups and many more useful features. The NSF files are highly secure files as it is encrypted with latest algorithm that inhibits any unauthorized access. Nevertheless, the NSF files are not secure enough in terms of corruption related issues. Like any other data file, NSF formatted files are also prone to number of threats. Let us have a look over possible threats associated with NSF file corruption:-
 
•    Malfunctioning of Domino Server can lead to the corruption of NSF files. It is because unlike other email client and server application both Domino and Lotus Notes have common file format, NSF.
•    The deletion or corruption of log files results in corruption of rest of the NSF files.
•    Accidental deletion of mailbox is a simplest way to lose data.
•    Incompatible application or Operating system arise issue every now and then.
•    Corruption of Header section makes rest of the data inaccessible.
•    Corruption due to malware or virus is very common and well known reason.

The above stated issues were very common and easily traceable by the user. But there are many other issues available which remain mystery for the normal user. It is due to highly complex technology of the Lotus Notes, which troubles users to understand various instance of the application. Hence it is advisable to the user that either they should consult an expert or they use reliable third party NSF recovery tool for Notes corrupted data. 

Stellar Phoenix Lotus Notes Recovery tool is highly recommended solution for the corrupt NSF data. The tool is highly user friendly and helps the users of Lotus Notes and Domino Server to perform effective recovery and rebuild the corrupt NSF file. This utility is designed to work with Lotus Notes 6.x, 7.x versions. A free, full featured, trial version copy of the product can be downloaded from the official website. The product is developed by number one Data Recovery Company which is Gold certified partner of Microsoft Corp.