Hi there,

We are on 805/NT. I am performing Cold backup recovery test on Testing server.

I did the following.

1. Shutdown database/instance.
2. Zipped all datafiles, control files, redo log files and everything.
3. Renamed all *.dbf files and redo log files to *.bdf files as if they are deleted.
4. Unzipped everything from zip file zipped in step 2.
5. Tried to start the database. It gave foll. message.

ORA-01113 file 1 needs media recovery.
ORA-01110: data file 1: 'E:\...system1.dbf'.

Now, I have one database in *.bdf form on to the server itself and another database in zip form.

What are the options available to me do to cleanly startup the database.

Thanks in Adv.