NTOP: NNTP Postings Renamed with .bad Extension During Recovery (242038)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q242038

SUMMARY

After you run a rebuild on a Windows NT Server NNTP site, you may notice that the file extensions of newsgroup message posts have been renamed from .nws to .bad. These posts are not viewable from a newsgroup client.

MORE INFORMATION

During the NNTP rebuild process, these posts were found to be corrupted and were renamed with the .bad extension. Use the following steps to attempt to recover these posts:
  1. Stop the Microsoft NNTP service.
  2. Open a command prompt.
  3. Change directories to the NNTP root directory, typically C:\Inetpub\Nntpfile\Root.
  4. Change directories again to one of the subdirectories under Root that represents one of your newsgroups, for example, Techtalk.
  5. Type ren *.bad *.nws, and press ENTER. This renames the files with a .bad extension to .nws.
  6. Repeat this process for each newsgroup directory and subdirectories.
  7. Open the Internet Information Server Microsoft Management Console (MMC). Right-click your NNTP site, and on the Task menu, click Rebuild Server.
  8. Click Thorough Rebuild Type, and click Start.
  9. When the rebuild is done, click Finished.
  10. Start the Microsoft NNTP service, and verify that the newsgroup posts appear within a newsgroup client.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:8/10/2001
Keywords:kbinfo KB242038
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