Hi,

I have develeoped several application on top of NT based Oracle 8.1.5 and service was just fine few days ago.
However, for some unexplanied reason NT 2000 machine hung
up on me and I had no choice but to turn off the machine.

Yes, the real problem is that I did not not "shutdown" the databse from svrmgrl. Right after this event, I have no way of
bring up the database up again.

I have copied all the database, datafile, control files and ora
files and others. Hoping to find a way to restore this database
as I did not have any chance to backup the files.

I am getting following problems.
From svrmgrl.exe

connect internal/password
shutdown (immediate/abort...)
// I get ORA-12560 : TNS error...

startup nomount
recover database
//This also does not function...

To test if my NT and Oracle is fine. I have re-installed everything from the scratch on another system and configured
everything as the original version.

I did have a few months old database files and other files that
I have used to bring the database back up again through file copy of all the nessacery files.

I have named SID and everything the same. All of the structure and schema and other detailes are exactly the same as my last downed server. The only difference between by
previous database and downed database is that on a current database I have added twice as much data.

When I start up the service on a newly installed system. I am
able to bring back the previous database. However, when I
copy the downed database file. I have problem and there is
no way to bring up the service.

Svrmgrl console still gives my TNS error.

I am hoping that someone has experience the similar problem in shuting down the system by "OFF" server without shutdown command. In hoping that some has by some way
brought the system back up agin using the database file that has not been completely "shutdown" correctly.

I am opened to any suggestion and would like to see what other alternative ways are there to re-initialise the database and bring it back up again.

I am sorry that I could not be so descritive about the problem. However, this is what I am facing right now and hope this solution would solve my problem and may share this similar idea with others.

Thank you in advance.