Restore Mailboxes from 5.5 backup to 2003?

[yourISguy]

My exchange 5.5 server died with a corrupt master boot record. I was able to boot off of an XP CD and copy the directory structure to a safe place.

Now I have a brand new server running 2003 Small Business Server with Exchange 2003.

Is there a way I can restore the user mailboxes to their new mailbox?

 

[xmsre]

The mdb files are incompatible. You'll need to load 5.5 on another box, mount the databases, and do an exmerge.

Another way is to use a recovery utility that doesn't require exchange. One such utility is PowerControls by Ontrack.

 

[yourISguy]

Thanks for the info, if the product does what it says, then I am good. Very pricy considering I have 13 mail boxes, but the amount of time it would take to rebuild that first server would probably be more expensive.

-mike