subject: Rectify Entourage Error - Database Daemon Fatal Error [print this page] Are you getting errors while working with Microsoft Entourage application. If the answer is yes, just relax, there is no need to panic. Error can be solved by applying different methods. Facing error in Entourage results in data loss situation. In other words, you become unable to access data that is stored in the Entourage database. Corruption is the primary reason behind inaccessibility of data.
Corruption occurs because of number of factors that are discussed in the next section of the article. But whatever may be the reason, you need to access your vital data stored in database. To access or manage data of the database, you need to repair database. For this you need to repair Entourage database, using Entourage recovery tool.
To further classify this issue, let's take a practical example. When you upgrade Entourage 2004 to 2008 in your system Entourage application easily receives mail in the mailbox but when you attempt to switch to some other folder like Junk mail, Deleted Items, Sent Items folder an error message is received on the screen that seems exactly same as given below:
"Database Daemon Fatal Error.
The Database Daemon has encountered an unknown error. The daemon will need to quit, and Entourage may need to be force quit."
After encountering the above error message whole data of the Entourage becomes inaccessible.
The primary reason for the occurrence of the error "Database Daemon Fatal Error" message is the corruption of the database. Generally, corruption is the outcome of various factors like malicious virus, abnormal system shutdown, use of damaged file header, improper functioning of the application, and damaged identity.
Solution:
To tackle above error message you just need to rebuild a database. Rebuilding of the database can be done with the help of database utility. The only thing you have to do is to execute that utility. Follow the below steps to rebuild database of Entourage.
Check the integrity of the Entourage.
Compact the MS-Entourage database.
Then rebuild the database to repair it.
At last, adjust the database preferences.
If through above resolution the above database problem cannot be solved, then you need to solve the error by repairing the Entourage database. To repair Entourage database only a third partyEntourage recovery software is sufficient. These tools are able to repair Entourage database and provide you an option to retrieve data that is stored in the database.
