Repair Corrupt Access Database File

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Repair Corrupt Access Database File

mark26parks

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July 22, 2014 at 4:51 am

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I am using MS Access 2010 and one of my databases on our shared network does not open for any user. Shows "Unrecognized Database Format." error message.
I can't even get it to the point of opening. Is there a solution for this?
Is there any commercial tool to recover data from a corrupted database?
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Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182915 More actions · Answer 1

mark26parks (7/22/2014)
I am using MS Access 2010 and one of my databases on our shared network does not open for any user. Shows "Unrecognized Database Format." error message.
I can't even get it to the point of opening. Is there a solution for this?
Is there any commercial tool to recover data from a corrupted database?

First things first, don't attempt to repair the original database, copy the database file and work on the copy!

😎

Quick questions

a. where is the database stored? Chances are that the storage is failing.

b. do you have a backup?

c. What have you tried so far?

georgiospapadopulos SSC Enthusiast Points: 123 More actions · Answer 2

To repair a corrupt .mdb database of MS Access, one can try Compact and Repair feature of MS Access. It repairs corrupt database and makes it accessible for database users. Other than this one can also use import feature of MS Access that helps database users import their corrupt database to a new database file.

If both these solutions fail to fix this corruption,

Then one must check some third-party access database repair or recovery software. I would like to suggest MDB Repair Kit[/url] software here to repair corrupt .mdb and .accdb files. One can check its free demo version before buying its full version.

Hope this would be helpful.

rawatsonika4u SSC Veteran Points: 268 More actions · Answer 3

Inbuilt option to repair Access database is "Compact and Repair". This option also compacts MDB file if it is large in size because sometimes MDB file gets corrupted due to large file size.

Repair Access Database (MDB File)

This above solution will be a great help for you. It also contains step-wise screenshots.

williams.mgmb SSC Journeyman Points: 91 More actions · Answer 4

williams.mgmb

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January 22, 2015 at 5:09 am

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You must use the backup in such situations.

Melbaj.fales Valued Member Points: 59 More actions · Answer 5

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Visit:- http://www.recoverydeletedfiles.com/access-file-recovery-tool.html

ericksmithca Valued Member Points: 73 More actions · Answer 6

Network access files sometimes corrupts during sharing on network.i faced the same issue.i tried a wonderful access repair software which not only repaired my access file but also recovered deleted records.

this software did the magic for me...hope it will work for you also....

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johndesuja570 SSC Journeyman Points: 99 More actions · Answer 7

There are various third party tools available to repair corrupt MS Access Database mdb file successfully. Visit http://www.datarepairtools.com/access-recovery.html to know about one of the efficient Access Database repair tool.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004406 More actions · Answer 8

I know the original post here is quite old but it still bears saying...

REMEMBER... all these wonderful tools may help you recover the bulk of the data and successful load the database but "corruption" will many times cause a loss of data that none of those tools can actually find or fix.

Don't ever assume that everything is hunky-dory just because you were able to load a previously corrupt database.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

bgalway Ten Centuries Points: 1158 More actions · Answer 9

I saw this problem recently and it turned out a Cryptovirus had encrypted the mdb. You might want to check other .mdb files just in case. And pray that is not the issue!

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004406 More actions · Answer 10

bgalway (6/22/2015)
I saw this problem recently and it turned out a Cryptovirus had encrypted the mdb. You might want to check other .mdb files just in case. And pray that is not the issue!

Ugh! Now that would be ugly.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

philips.zortzis Newbie Points: 2 More actions · Answer 11

Seems like you have faced some serious problem with your MS Access File do you know the reason behind this it might be that your MS Access file is damaged or corrupted. If you want to restore your content or data, all you need to do is to repair it by using MS Access Repair Tool[/url]

franksmithh88 Newbie Points: 1 More actions · Answer 12

If MS access database is corrupted and you want to repair it, then I would like to suggest a third-party access recovery tool. There are various 3rd-party tool but some of them are good. I tried many more to repair my corrupt access database file but didn't get good response. finally I got to know about kernel for Access Recovery tool. I used this software. After using this tool, my corrupt database file was repaired and I was able to open it. This software is easy to use. This software has two powerful scanning modes: Standard and Template. It repairs both MDB and ACCDB database file. It recovers data from deleted, formatted, and re-formatted partitions.

To get more about the access recovery tool visit http://www.accessrepair.recoveryfiles.org/[/url]