Re: Postgres fails to start

Hi Michael,

Thank you for replying. The file was there, is that ok to remove the corrupted file to recover postgres? "base/2008723533/2107262657.2"

Unfortunately, I only have a backup on February. Is there a way I can recover it without losing the recent data?

Thanks and regards,
Haiming

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Paquier [mailto:michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com]
Sent: Tuesday, 7 April 2015 11:36 AM
To: Haiming Zhang
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postgres fails to start

On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 9:25 AM, Haiming Zhang <Haiming(dot)Zhang(at)redflex(dot)com(dot)au> wrote:
> 2015-04-07 09:01:43 EST LOG: unrecognized win32 error code: 1392
>
> [...]

In Windows world, 1392 = ERROR_FILE_CORRUPT = the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms681385%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
So first check your file system, and be sure that you have a backup around.
--
Michael

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