dbf file header is corrupted

• florek.olesky

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  February 6, 2015 at 9:10 am

  #397990

  hi everyone! my problem is that I have created dbf file .Yesterday I was accessing it and got an error: the .dbf file header is corrupted..

  Any ideas why this is happening or how to fix it?

  Thanks

• Eggum-Iverine

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  February 8, 2015 at 1:58 pm

  #1776263

  Sounds like a corrupt FAT table.

  Try backing up the entire drive (on a sector by sector rather than file basis if you can, i.e.: an immage backup) and then try running scan disk.

  Check below link it will be helpful to you

  http://www.filerepairforum.com/forum/databases/databases-aa/dbase-iv-clipper-foxpro/689-corrupted-dbf-file-what-to-do

  Or use the special program DBF Fix Toolbox http://www.dbf.fixtoolbox.com/[/url]