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Do you have a backup of your control files? &nbsp;Was the database in Archivelog mode? If so do you have backup copies of your archive log files?
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Do you have a backup of your control files?  Was the database in Archivelog mode? If so do you have backup copies of your archive log files?

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No I can't find any control files in the backup. &nbsp;The database was not in Achivelog mode.<br />

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No I can't find any control files in the backup.  The database was not in Achivelog mode.


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Reinstalled oracle and rebuilt my database... <br />
This was on a development server (thats why we have those right!). <br />
Know I know what to backup in order to restore the database.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Shawn 
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Reinstalled oracle and rebuilt my database...
This was on a development server (thats why we have those right!).
Know I know what to backup in order to restore the database.

Thanks,
Shawn

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I had to reinstall Oracle XE on a windows server and the only backup I have is the dbf files themselves. &nbsp;Can I restore my database from these files?<br />
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I had to reinstall Oracle XE on a windows server and the only backup I have is the dbf files themselves.  Can I restore my database from these files?



Can I restore an oracle xe database just from the dbf files in the xe folder

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