[AccessD] OT: Corrupted database

Gary:

I'm looking at then and they do look different.  How do I know where the
header ends, or how much to copy and paste?

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Kjos" <garykjos at hotmail.com>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Corrupted database


> If you have a known good copy of it you can try to open that in a editor,
> copy and paste the beginning of that file on top of the hosed one (a copy
of
> the hosed one actually) save the tweaked file and see if you can open it
> then to try and copy out what you can. Sometimes the header at the
beginning
> of the file get's trashed. Never done it, only heard about it.  Proceed at
> your own risk.
>
> Gary Kjos
> garykjos at hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com>
> >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem
> >solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> >To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
> >Subject: [AccessD] OT: Corrupted database
> >Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 13:54:38 -0800
> >
> >Dear List:
> >
> >I have a database from a client which seems pretty well hosed (A2K).
When
> >you start it you get the message "Database (database name) needs to be
> >repaired or isn;t a database".  I say go ahead and let Access try to
repair
> >it but it ends in an abnormal termination of access.
> >
> >I've tried decompile, jetcomp.exe, and jetutils.  No dice.  Can't do an
> >import into a fresh database either.
> >
> >I'm out of tricks.  Are there any other approaches?
> >
> >TIA,
> >
> >Rocky Smolin
> >Beach Access Software
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