Entourage Repair When Database Fails to Open Due to Corruption

Does your Microsoft Entourage database fail to open with corruption errors? Is your Entourage Database inaccessible due to corruption? Corruption is a common problem with Microsoft Entourage database, which may occur due to numerous reasons ranging from virus infection to database structure corruption. In such cases, all your valuable data becomes inaccessible and you need to opt for Entourage database repair solutions.

As a practical example of this issue, you may run across the below error message while trying to open your Entourage database:

“ERROR: Failed to open database [Head] ERROR: Corruption opening database [16003:””]”

When you attempt to repair Entourage database by rebuilding it using Database Utility the process may fail with further error message that states-

“Error Corruption Opening Database [-39””]”

The database remains inaccessible even if you move it to another Mac OS X machine. Problem cannot be solved even if you create a new account or Identity. This behavior renders your significant emails, notes, contacts, tasks, journal and other Entourage data unusable and put you in need of Entourage recovery solutions.

Solution

You can recover Entourage database in such circumstances by restoring the data from most recent backup. Microsoft Entourage enables you to backup the database using two methods- export data to RGE file or copy data to MBOX folder using pre-written scripts.

Note- You are highly recommended not to restore Entourage database from Time Machine backup. It may cause further damage to the database and make your data unrecoverable.

In case backup is not available or valid, you are required to use third-party Entourage recovery software to get your data back. The applications are capable of extracting inaccessible data from Entourage account in all cases of corruption. Such tools come equipped with powerful scanning algorithms to ensure absolute recovery. They are incorporated with simple graphical user interface to offer easy Entourage database recovery. The applications preserve absolute integrity of your database with read-only and non-destructive behavior.