[AccessD] Re: Unrecognized Database Format

Robert L. Stewart rl_stewart at highstream.net
Thu Feb 19 07:50:24 CST 2004


I remember reading about a year ago that if you opened the MDB in Word by 
accident that you would trash it completely.  Could that have happened?

At 02:37 AM 2/19/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:26:06 -0500
>From: "Reuben Cummings" <reuben at gfconsultants.com>
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Unrecognized Database Format
>To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
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>Jim Dettman tried opeing the db in A2002 and 2003, but that failed.  Thanks,
>Jim.
>
>I have opened the db in a hex editor.  There is something wrong for sure,
>but I don't know what to do.
>
>At the top of the bad file there is a line "This program cannot be run in
>DOS mode"
>
>In a healthy mdb, the line is "Standard Jet DB"
>
>Also, looking down thru the file, it seems as thought everything is
>gibberish as opposed to a good mdb which has some text in it I can
>recognize.
>
>That's as far as I can go without a little more help.
>
>Is there anything else that can be done (other than throwing in the towel)?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Reuben Cummings





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