CAN NOT OPEN DATABASE!

[Guest]

Help
I can not open my database!

When I try to open it, I am told that it is an "Unrecognized database format."

I click on help and it tells me Unrecognized database format
<filename>.(Error 3343)


Possible causes:

· The specified file name is not a Microsoft Jet database.
· The specified file name is a device name, such as a printer, a console,
and so forth.
· The .mdb file has invalid header information or an unknown sort order.
· A commit is pending from another user, but the lock file cannot be found.
· During a commit, you are attempting to write a Long value larger than the
2K maximum page size.

· The database is damaged. Repair and compact the database, and then try
opening it again.



What should I do?

Sincerely,
David

 

[Guest]

Please Disregard. Rebooted and got back in.

 

[Guest]

David,

I suspect your database may be corrupted--perhaps your system prevented you
from shutting your database down properly. If this is the case, you might be
able to recover by:

First, backup your .mdb file before things can become worse than they
already are, because that is possible.

Second, using "Tools/Database Utilities/Compact and Repair Database...."
(with no databases open in Access), select your offensive .mdb file and
choose a different filename or location to compact/repair your database into
(if you choose the same filename in the same location, your original will be
overwritten, if I recall correctly.)

Hope you get into your database one way or another,

Ross

 

[zwr]

David,
I know this problem very much!There is a tool called Advanced Access Repair. I have used it to repair many corrupt Access MDB files on my damaged disks successfully. You can find more information from its homepage at http://www.datanumen.com/aar/ .
Hope this can help!