Use the Microsoft Database Utility to check the Microsoft Entourage 2008 for Mac database for corruption if users notice any of the following while trying to use Entourage:
Entourage does not start, or it crashes.
Entourage items, such as e-mail messages or calendar events, do not open.
Blank lines appear in the Entourage message list.
Some contacts are missing from the Contacts list.
The Office Reminders window is blank.
Verify the integrity of the Entourage database
Quit all Office applications, including Entourage and Office Reminders.
Do one of the following:
Hold down the OPTION key and open Entourage.
In the Microsoft Office 2008/Office folder, double-click the Database Utility application.
Click the name of the database that you want to verify.
In the Database Utility dialog box, click Verify database integrity, and then click Continue.
Follow the instructions in the dialog box.
If the database is corrupted, you can rebuild it. For information about how to do this, see Rebuilding the Entourage database in the Office 2008 Operations section.
NoteTo verify the disk integrity, you can run Apple Disk Utility, a diagnostics and repair application that is available in /Application/Utilities/. Apple Disk Utility functions also may be accessed from the Mac OS X command line by using the diskutil and hdiutil commands. For more information about identifying and repairing hard disk problems, see your Mac OS X documentation for the Apple Disk Utility application.
