--- On Thu, 11/15/07, Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My desktop (acting as a db-server for my discipline's > group) has it power cycled this morning at 4:10 >... > C:\Program > Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\bin>2007-11-15 06:36:13 > PANIC: could not open control file > "global/pg_control": Permission denied >... Does anyone have any comments on how to restore db operation after encounter this failure? Do I need to go as far have re-installing Postgres and restoring from a dump? Regards, Richard Broersma Jr. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate