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Hi,
I am helping a third party.
I have an Access database that is corrupt. Access 2007 .accdb file.
See 20 second video http://screencast.com/t/fRN0V0lLYy7
Message is "unrecognised database format"
I tried Compact & Repair but no joy. I also tried "importing" table into another database but no joy there either.
I have also tried a couple of "try before you buy" database repair tools.
The tool "Stellar Phoenix" said "This is not a valid MS Access file" - even though it's clearly a .accdb file.
How can I recover my data? Should I pay someone to do it for me? Any recommendations?
I am helping a third party.
I have an Access database that is corrupt. Access 2007 .accdb file.
See 20 second video http://screencast.com/t/fRN0V0lLYy7
Message is "unrecognised database format"
I tried Compact & Repair but no joy. I also tried "importing" table into another database but no joy there either.
I have also tried a couple of "try before you buy" database repair tools.
The tool "Stellar Phoenix" said "This is not a valid MS Access file" - even though it's clearly a .accdb file.
How can I recover my data? Should I pay someone to do it for me? Any recommendations?
Microsoft Access
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DatabaseMX (Joe Anderson - Former Microsoft Access MVP)
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Zip typically shrinks by 10 X .... go figure ?
I also pinged Wayne.
BTW ... the 'other' so called repair services ... probably should ignore :-)
mx
I also pinged Wayne.
BTW ... the 'other' so called repair services ... probably should ignore :-)
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mmmm..... seems very small. The unzipped file is over 3 meg.
I have loaded the database onto "everythingaccess". I await response.
The user of the database is very unsophisticated.
All seems a bit bizarre..
The file is corrupt AND tiny.
Could there be a virus of some sort??
I have loaded the database onto "everythingaccess". I await response.
The user of the database is very unsophisticated.
All seems a bit bizarre..
The file is corrupt AND tiny.
Could there be a virus of some sort??
OH ... 4 Kb ... yikes ... thing 4Mb
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Thanks Joe & Wayne,
Bad news all round!
I'll see if the owner of the data has some form of backup (although that is not likely!)
Bad news all round!
I'll see if the owner of the data has some form of backup (although that is not likely!)
"although that is not likely"
:-( :-( :-(
:-( :-( :-(
I am now on this site.
Incidentally, when I zipped the database it was only 4kb in size .....
Does that seem very small??
(Reminder: it is not my database but I believe it's got a "fair bit" of data in it)