subject: Directory Replication Errors And Partition Loss In Microsoft Windows [print this page] In Microsoft Windows NT-based operating systems, Active Directory database is replicated between the domain controllers. The replication is procedure of duplicating the directory and its contents from export server to several import servers. The directory replication service isn't enabled by default. But in some situations, your system configuration or file system does not support this service and it might possibly cause file system corruption. File system corruption renders all of your hard drive partitions inaccessible, resulting into partition loss. In such critical circumstances, you need to opt for partition recovery solutions to recover lost partitions and stored data.
In a practical scenario, when you set up your computer that is running Windows NT-based Server to export to itself using Directory Replicator service on the NTFS (New Technology File System) file system partition, you come across any of the below error message:
Event 3208 "The replication service could not update directory tmptree.rp$ from source on %3 due to error 183"
Or
Event 3216 "The system error 5 occurred"
The error do not occur when you replicate the data on a FAT file system partition of same computer. In order to retrieve hard drive partition in such circumstances, you are required to find out the cause of this problem and carry out windows partition recovery by sorting it out.
Root of the problem
The problem might be caused by damaged NTFS file system permissions that are assigned to export files. File system permissions corruption may also damage the file system in some situations and render all of the hard drive partition inaccessible.
Solution
In order to sort out this issue, carry out below steps:
Stop directory replication and copy export files from NTFS to FAT file system partition.
Deleted all the export files on NTFS file system partition.
Replace the deleted files with the files that you copied to FAT file system partition.
In case of corruption to the file system, above method may not work and thus you need Partition Recovery Software to fix the problem. These are effective and advanced third party applications, which carry out extensive scan of whole hard drive and recover all lost partitions. The Partition Recovery tools have interactive user interface and read only conduct to ensure easy and safe recovery.
Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is the most efficient tool for assured recovery in all cases of partition loss. It recover FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 file system partitions and stored data. The software is designed for Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP and 2000.
